Two coin-like amulets used to ward off vipers and the effects of their bites. Pen drawing.

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Two coin-like amulets used to ward off vipers and the effects of their bites. Pen drawing. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1 drawing : pen and ink

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True viper lozenges from Venice. Germanic museum. Lettering on both coins reads: "Polydor bellodvs" and "Trochis viperin"

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