Serpentarium Mundi by Alexei Alexeev The Ancient Ophidian Iconography Resource (Mundus Vetus, 3000 BC - 650 AD)
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Figure III-3-pyt-009. Naked god Apollo beside the tripod of Delphi filled with apples (?), with quiver, drawing his bow and aiming arrow at the serpent Python (Delphyne?), rearing in front of rocks and a tree with two femaile figures (nymph Castalia and goddess Gaia (Terra)?).

Material: Denomination
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Mint: Issuer/Authority: Historical Period,
Date:
Collection:
Bronze 34 mm coin
(reverse)
Side,
Pamphylia
Decius
(r. 249-251 AD)
Roman Imperial,
249-251 AD
Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston

Source-Image(s): Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (www.mfa.org; © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston): Inventory № 64.1222. The full list of numismatic and exonumic images' sources is available on the Coins introductory page.

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