Egypt. Alexandria. Antoninus Pius, 138-161. Drachm (Bronze, 33.3 mm, 21.42 g). Dated RY 5 (= 141/2). [ΑYΤ Κ] Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤ[ωΝΙΝΟC CEB EYCEΒ] Laureate head of Antoninus Pius to right. Rev. Asklepios standing facing, head left, sacrificing out of patera held in right hand over altar at feet to left, and holding serpent-entwined staff in left; fold of toga over left arm; L–Є (date) across upper field. Dattari-Savio 2471 & Dattari 8334. RPC IV.4, 412.11 (this coin illustrated). Geissen 1384. Milne 1713. Emmett 1469. Dark patina. Small edge nicks, otherwise, Very Fine. Ex Auction Hall 1, lot 350. Ex Walter Niggeler Collection. Ex Bank Leu-Münzen und Medaillen AG, Zürich, 21-22.10.1966, lot 733. Ex Münzzentrum 27, 03.11.1975, lot 158. Ex Schulman B. V. price list 236, VI-VII, 1988, lot 142. On the reverse of this drachm, Askelepios, the patron deity and guarantor of health, appears to us in his human dimension as the guardian of the reference hospitals (think of the famous one on the island of Cos), sacrificing on an altar in Egyptian form. Here the importance of health care in Alexandrian philosophy is demonstrated.