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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2642949, member: 19463&quot;]I have several Sauroktonos coins but none with hand over head.&nbsp; To me, the proper variation is the one showing boy Apollo with hand slowly creeping toward the lizard with plans to grab. Second choice (and more common) shows him with arm drawn back about to throw a dart.&nbsp; Sauroktonos means &#039;lizard slayer&#039; not &#039;he who tickles with a branch&#039;.&nbsp; </p><p>Geta Nicopolis grabber</p><p>[ATTACH=full]583376[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Septimius Nikopolis&nbsp; darter</p><p>[ATTACH=full]583375[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The Louvre copy agrees with my grabber preference but the original statue has not survived and we really do not know how it was configured.&nbsp; The number of artworks reassembled with errors makes my Geta coin very valuable in terms of confirming the current display.&nbsp; Was there a group of these available from Praxiteles allowing buyers to customize their statuary?&nbsp; </p><p><img src="http://images.perseus.tufts.edu/images/1992.04.1/1992.04.0442" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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