France - 1789

Obverse:

Bust of Hippocrates facing right, signed CHAVANNE on the truncation of the neck

Legend:

HIPPO CRATES

Size:

30.9 mm.

Edge:

reeded

Reverse:

Serpent coiled around the trunk of the tree of Good and Evil.

Legend:

STUDIO ET ARTE

Exergue:

SOC . MED . LUGD . / 1789