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Caracalla, with Julia Domna, Æ28 of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 198-217. ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟΣ ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΣ ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ, laureate head of Caracalla facing draped bust of Julia Domna / ΥΠ ΚΥΝΤΙΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΜΑ-ΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Athena standing near tree holding patera and poppy, shield and spear behind; Є (retrograde) in right field. AMNG I 699; Varbanov 1010. 13.29g, 28mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine. Very Rare.
Acquired from Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung.
While the owl is the sacred animal attribute most frequently associated with the goddess Athena, the snake is also a practically omnipresent figure in Athenian visual culture, particularly on pottery and statuary from the Archaic to the Hellenistic periods, even if often overlooked, and has been commonly understood to have an association with the earth, autochthony, death, and domestic affairs.
Lena Streisand (Liminality & the Fantastic: Snakes in Ancient
Athenian Visual and Material Culture from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Periods, University of Colorado 2015) relates that "during the Panathenaia, a young boy would feed Athena's snake honey cakes, a food often fed to underworld animals. On accounts outside of the Panathenaia, Athenians also fed Athena's snake cakes and food offerings as a part of their worship of the goddess."
Extremely Fine. Very Rare.
Acquired from Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung.
While the owl is the sacred animal attribute most frequently associated with the goddess Athena, the snake is also a practically omnipresent figure in Athenian visual culture, particularly on pottery and statuary from the Archaic to the Hellenistic periods, even if often overlooked, and has been commonly understood to have an association with the earth, autochthony, death, and domestic affairs.
Lena Streisand (Liminality & the Fantastic: Snakes in Ancient
Athenian Visual and Material Culture from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Periods, University of Colorado 2015) relates that "during the Panathenaia, a young boy would feed Athena's snake honey cakes, a food often fed to underworld animals. On accounts outside of the Panathenaia, Athenians also fed Athena's snake cakes and food offerings as a part of their worship of the goddess."