Serpentarium Mundi by Alexei Alexeev The Ancient Ophidian Iconography Resource (Mundus Vetus, 3000 BC - 650 AD)
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Figure 010 of 012 OPHELTES-ARCHEMOROS: SET 001 Figure 012 of 012
Figure III-5-oph-011. One of the Seven Against Thebes (Adrastos?) armed with a sword, in a fighting posture, confronting a rearing giant serpent holding a desperate infant Opheltes in its mouth high above the ground.

Material: Denomination
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Mint: Issuer/Authority: Historical Period,
Date:
Collection:
Bronze 20 mm coin
(reverse)
Corinth,
Corinthia
Domitian
(r. 81-96 AD)
Roman Imperial,
81-96 AD
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Source-Image(s): Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Münzkabinett (www.ikmk.smb.museum; © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin): Inventory № 18256804. The full list of numismatic and exonumic images' sources is available on the Coins introductory page.

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