Assarion Dated CY 209 (143/4 AD) Antonine era Pompeiopolis Cilicia Chrysippos

Assarion, Dated CY 209 (143/4 AD), Antonine era, Pompeiopolis, Cilicia
RPC IV.3 Online 17500 corr. (altar and date not described).
Obv.: XΡΥCΙΠΠΟC Draped, bearded and bald bust of the philosopher Chrysippos to right.
Rev.: ΠΟΜΠΗΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩN  ƆΘ, Asklepios standing front, head to left, holding branch over altar in his right hand and his left hand before his chest; behind to right, serpent coiled around tree.
5.63 g
19.4 mm

Chrysippos of Soloi(circa 279-206 BCE) was a Greek philosopher of the Stoic school of Athens. He was born in Soloi-Pompeiopolis of probable Phoenician descent, but moved to Athens as a young man after losing considerable land when it was confiscated by the king's treasury. He soon became a disciple of Cleanthes, then the head of the Stoic school, which was located at the north end of the Athenian agora. 
Chrysippos was an extremely prolific writer, composing more than 700 works, and succeeded Cleanthes as head of the Stoic school upon his death, around 230 BC. His numerous writings earned him the title of the Second Founder of Stoicism. One of the last of the Stoic philosophers was Marcus Aurelius(138/161-180), it is perhaps no surprise that Soloi-Pompeiopolis honored its famous citizen with coin portraits in the Antonine period, an era that saw the heyday of the 'younger Stoa'.
Chrysippos died during the 143rd Olympiad at the age of 73. It is said that he died in a fit of laughter after watching a donkey eat some figs.

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Assarion, Dated CY 209 (143/4 AD), Antonine era, Pompeiopolis, Cilicia

RPC IV.3 Online 17500 corr. (altar and date not described).
Obv.: XΡΥCΙΠΠΟC Draped, bearded and bald bust of the philosopher Chrysippos to right.
Rev.: ΠΟΜΠΗΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩN  ƆΘ, Asklepios standing front, head to left, holding branch over altar in his right hand and his left hand before his chest; behind to right, serpent coiled around tree.
5.63 g
19.4 mm

Chrysippos of Soloi(circa 279-206 BCE) was a Greek philosopher of the Stoic school of Athens. He was born in Soloi-Pompeiopolis of probable Phoenician descent, but moved to Athens as a young man after losing considerable land when it was confiscated by the king’s treasury. He soon became a disciple of Cleanthes, then the head of the Stoic school, which was located at the north end of the Athenian agora. 
Chrysippos was an extremely prolific writer, composing more than 700 works, and succeeded Cleanthes as head of the Stoic school upon his death, around 230 BC. His numerous writings earned him the title of the Second Founder of Stoicism. One of the last of the Stoic philosophers was Marcus Aurelius(138/161-180), it is perhaps no surprise that Soloi-Pompeiopolis honored its famous citizen with coin portraits in the Antonine period, an era that saw the heyday of the ‘younger Stoa’.
Chrysippos died during the 143rd Olympiad at the age of 73. It is said that he died in a fit of laughter after watching a donkey eat some figs.

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