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Document identity
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163555
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Provincial Coin: Head of Antoninus Pius (obverse); Apollo Sauroktonos (reverse)
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163555
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object
title
Provincial Coin: Head of Antoninus Pius (obverse); Apollo Sauroktonos (reverse)
date
138–161 CE
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79989820
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Coins
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 2 cm (13/16 in.)
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Roman, minted at Nicopolis ad Istrum (Moesia Inferior)
accession
2004.93
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Provincial Coin: Head of Antoninus Pius (obverse); Apollo Sauroktonos (reverse), 138–161 CE. Roman, minted at Nicopolis ad Istrum (Moesia Inferior). Bronze; diameter: 2 cm (13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2004.93
collection
GR - Roman
inscriptions
inscription
ΑV Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ΑΝΤ[ΩΕΙΝΟΣ]
inscription_translation
Emperor Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus
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Obverse
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ΝΕΙΚΟΠΟ - ΛΕΙΤΩΝ
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Of the people of Nikopolis
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Reverse
didYouKnow
Antonius Pius, shown on this coin, was Roman emperor from 138 to 161 CE. He was one of the Five Good Emperors in the Nerva–Antonine dynasty and the Aurelii.
citations
citation
Neils, Jennifer. “Praxiteles to Caravaggio: The <em>Apollo Sauroktonos</em> Redefined.” <em>Art Bulletin </em>99, no. 4 (December 2017): 10-30.
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Mentioned and reproduced: P. 13, fig. 5
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John L. Severance Fund
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2026-06-15 17:46:11.026000
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163555
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Greek and Roman Art
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GR - Roman
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bronze
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