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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2437203, member: 19463"]There are many. My favorite is Apollo Sauroktonos which is only one of many Apollo statue copies.</p><p><br /></p><p>darting from Nicopolis - Septimius Severus </p><p>[ATTACH=full]507266[/ATTACH] </p><p>attempting to grab from Nicopolis - Geta</p><p>[ATTACH=full]507267[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Years ago I posted a web page on Geta which included the above coin. I received an email from a college professor asking if coins like this are hard to find. As luck would have it, I had a dealer friend who I knew had a nice one so I put them in touch. Today, both of them have forgotten more than I'll ever know about Provincials but we have continued corresponding for nearly 20 years now. Neither of them are Coin Talk participants but I have invited them several times. </p><p><br /></p><p>The original Sauroktonos is lost but there are several later copies scattered around the world:</p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=apollo+sauroktonos+praxiteles&espv=2&biw=1024&bih=476&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiihOS06pHNAhUJFh4KHe-DAOgQ_AUIBigB" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=apollo+sauroktonos+praxiteles&espv=2&biw=1024&bih=476&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiihOS06pHNAhUJFh4KHe-DAOgQ_AUIBigB" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?q=apollo+sauroktonos+praxiteles&espv=2&biw=1024&bih=476&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiihOS06pHNAhUJFh4KHe-DAOgQ_AUIBigB</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Most are very similar to my Geta. I find interest in my Septimius coin that shows the boy with a dart in hand leaving the appearance he intends to dart the lizard rather than capture it in hand. Both of mine are from the same city and about the same date. I assume the city owned a copy statue (even possibly the original?) but I wonder if they also had the darter version in large size. It would really make my day if it came to light that Praxiteles' original was a darter but later copyists changed it to grabbers. I am not an art history student but I do enjoy talking to them. Several other Apollo versions are on my page:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/apollo.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/apollo.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/apollo.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>My correspondent is of the opinion that most coin types are based on larger works and many showing works owned by the city that issued the coins. Certainly many show works completely lost to history. It is possible that the coin engravers created original designs but using statues that the city was proud to own really makes sense.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since you mentioned it as #3, here are Poliorcetes coins with Nike. They come in big silver and small bronze.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]507275[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]507276[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Is that Poseidon a statue copy? What do you think?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2437203, member: 19463"]There are many. My favorite is Apollo Sauroktonos which is only one of many Apollo statue copies. darting from Nicopolis - Septimius Severus [ATTACH=full]507266[/ATTACH] attempting to grab from Nicopolis - Geta [ATTACH=full]507267[/ATTACH] Years ago I posted a web page on Geta which included the above coin. I received an email from a college professor asking if coins like this are hard to find. As luck would have it, I had a dealer friend who I knew had a nice one so I put them in touch. Today, both of them have forgotten more than I'll ever know about Provincials but we have continued corresponding for nearly 20 years now. Neither of them are Coin Talk participants but I have invited them several times. The original Sauroktonos is lost but there are several later copies scattered around the world: [url]https://www.google.com/search?q=apollo+sauroktonos+praxiteles&espv=2&biw=1024&bih=476&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiihOS06pHNAhUJFh4KHe-DAOgQ_AUIBigB[/url] Most are very similar to my Geta. I find interest in my Septimius coin that shows the boy with a dart in hand leaving the appearance he intends to dart the lizard rather than capture it in hand. Both of mine are from the same city and about the same date. I assume the city owned a copy statue (even possibly the original?) but I wonder if they also had the darter version in large size. It would really make my day if it came to light that Praxiteles' original was a darter but later copyists changed it to grabbers. I am not an art history student but I do enjoy talking to them. Several other Apollo versions are on my page: [url]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/apollo.html[/url] My correspondent is of the opinion that most coin types are based on larger works and many showing works owned by the city that issued the coins. Certainly many show works completely lost to history. It is possible that the coin engravers created original designs but using statues that the city was proud to own really makes sense. Since you mentioned it as #3, here are Poliorcetes coins with Nike. They come in big silver and small bronze. [ATTACH=full]507275[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]507276[/ATTACH] Is that Poseidon a statue copy? What do you think?[/QUOTE]
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