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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nerva, post: 3216619, member: 87761&quot;]This Antoninus Pius Ae19 of Nicopolis shows a famous Greek statue by Praxiteles of Apollo Sauroktonos (the lizard slayer). Slaying lizards doesn&#039;t have the cachet of Nemean Lions, but it&#039;s a great sculpture and a fine coin. A bronze version of the sculpture turned up on the art market a few years ago and was bought by Cleveland Museum of Art, despite questions about its provenance. Unfortunately it was being restored when I visited the museum a few years ago. They claim that it could be the original by Praxiteles:</p><p><a href="https://www.clevelandart.org/exhibitions/praxiteles-cleveland-apollo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.clevelandart.org/exhibitions/praxiteles-cleveland-apollo" rel="nofollow">https://www.clevelandart.org/exhibitions/praxiteles-cleveland-apollo</a> [ATTACH=full]836508[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s the first time I&#039;ve seen the Apollo Sauroktonos on a coin, but other famous ancient sculptures are more common, such as the Farnese Heracles. I&#039;d love to see your coins depicting ancient works of art.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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