In Apollo's role as a healer, his appellations included Acesius (ἈκÎσιος, Akesios, from ἄκεσις, "healing"), Acestor (ἈκÎστωÏ, AkestÅr, literally "healer"), Paean (Παιάν, PaiÄn, from παίειν, "to touch"), and Iatrus (ἸατÏός, IÄtros, literally "physician").
Iatros is just the Greek word for a doctor, a medical doctor. Apollo himself was inherently medicus.
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![Serdica in Thracia, 198-217 AD., Caracalla, Tetrassarion, Ruzicka 165/168 var.
Serdica in Thracia, Caracalla, 198-217 AD.,
Tetrassarion / 4 Assaria / Æ 30 (28-30 mm / 14,95 g), brass, axes irregular alignment ↑↙ (ca. 220°),
Obv.: AVT K M AVP CEVH - ANTΩNEINOC , his laureate, draped and cuirassed bust facing right, seen from behind.
Rev.: OYΛΠIAC - C[E]PΔIKHC , Apollo Iatros, naked, standing front, looking left, holding serpent-entwined staff in right hand and resting left hand on hip.
Leon Ruzicka, The Coinage of Serdica, 165/168 var. ; Ruzicka, Num.Z. 48 (1915) p. 33, no. 165/168 var. .
In Apollo's role as a healer, his appellations included Acesius (ἈκÎσιος, Akesios, from ἄκεσις, "healing"), Acestor (ἈκÎστωÏ, AkestÅr, literally "healer"), Paean (Παιάν, PaiÄn, from παίειν, "to touch"), and Iatrus (ἸατÏός, IÄtros, literally "physician").
Iatros is just the Greek word for a doctor, a medical doctor. Apollo himself was inherently medicus.
Schlüsselwörter: Serdica Thracia Caracalla Tetrassarion Assaria Apollo Iatros Serpent Staff](images/image.gif?id=69939791899 "Klicken für Bild in voller Größe
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Serdica in Thracia, 198-217 AD., Caracalla, Tetrassarion, Ruzicka 165/168 var.
Serdica in Thracia, Caracalla, 198-217 AD.,
Tetrassarion / 4 Assaria / Æ 30 (28-30 mm / 14,95 g), brass, axes irregular alignment ↑↙ (ca. 220°),
Obv.: AVT K M AVP CEVH - ANTΩNEINOC , his laureate, draped and cuirassed bust facing right, seen from behind.
Rev.: OYΛΠIAC - C[E]PΔIKHC , Apollo Iatros, naked, standing front, looking left, holding serpent-entwined staff in right hand and resting left hand on hip.
Leon Ruzicka, The Coinage of Serdica, 165/168 var. ; Ruzicka, Num.Z. 48 (1915) p. 33, no. 165/168 var. .
In Apollo's role as a healer, his appellations included Acesius (ἈκÎσιος, Akesios, from ἄκεσις, \"healing\"), Acestor (ἈκÎστωÏ, AkestÅr, literally \"healer\"), Paean (Παιάν, PaiÄn, from παίειν, \"to touch\"), and Iatrus (ἸατÏός, IÄtros, literally \"physician\").
Iatros is just the Greek word for a doctor, a medical doctor. Apollo himself was inherently medicus.
Schlüsselwörter: Serdica Thracia Caracalla Tetrassarion Assaria Apollo Iatros Serpent Staff")