Lot 2616. VF, a rare ruler and a rare representaion of Telephorus with a visible face. Est $375.
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Telesphoros is a mysterious assistant to Asclepios, the healer.
He is the size of a small boy and wears a mantle, or
hood, which obscures his face. He teaches the art of bringing healing forces from distant,
eternal sources; and then establishing these energies inside the body of the patient.
Telesphoros bears a strange resemblance to Kenny, a character in the cult animated series
"South Park". Kenny is always getting killed, and then coming back alive again. This is a
phenomenon that the skills of ancient Telesphoros can produce!

By permission of ancientcoinart.com, October, 2002.