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Photographer: Karin S. Tate
Donor: Rogers Fund, 1908
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The silver antoninianus was minted to celebrate Rome's 1000th anniversary since its foundation and was one type of commemorative coin that depicted animals from the games (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
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Attributed to Karin S. Tate under the license CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0
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Two silver denarii and one silver antoninianus depicting animals. On the reverse of the first silver denarius is the inscription 'L.LIVINEIVS REGVLVS IIIVIR A.P.F.' and an image of two gladiators fighting a boar, panther, and a lion. The obverse depicts the head of Regulus. The coin dates to 42 BCE. The middle coin is the silver antoninianus of Philip I, dating to c. 248 CE. The reverse depicts a hippopotamus with the inscription 'SAECVLARES AVGG IIII'. The obverse depicts the bust of Otacilia Severa (wife of Philip I), with a crescent and the inscription 'OTACIL. SEVERA AVG'. The final coin is a silver denarius of Caracalla dating to c. 206-210 CE. The reverse depicts a ship preparing to transport animals to Rome for the gladiatorial games. The animals include an ostrich, lion, zebra, bear, and a bull. An inscription also reads 'LAETITIA TEMPORVM'. The reverse depicts the head of Caracalla as co-Empero with Septimus Severus (father of Caracalla) and the inscription 'ANTONINVS PIVS AVG'.
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Rome
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