These are particularly well impressed and preserved. Seal size over 1.8 x 1.6 cm, all impressions kept in Iraq Museum, Baghdad, see Messina 2012, p.124; photos of one of the impressions are published in Messina 2012, p. 123, fig. 4c, and on the catalogue book cover
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Portrait on a sealing in the archive has been identified with the man engraved on a gold signet ring in National Museum, Naples, who in turn has been identified as Scipio via numismatic parallels, see: Pantos 1989, p. 281; Ruebel 1991, p. 18; this identification is widely accepted, but has been doubted, see Ruebel 1991, p. 19; a portrait ring of Scopio is mentioned by Valerius Maximus, who writes about Scopio's son Lucius: "and they pulled his ring from his hand, on which the head of Africanus had been molded", see Ruebel 1991, p. 29, fn. 38; the ring in Naples is 3.0 x 3.5 cm, see Richter 1955, pl. VI, fig. 22; it is signed by engraver Herakleidas, see: Richter 1955, p. 44; Pantos 1989, p. 281; Ruebel 1991, p. 29, fn. 37; it was found in Capua, see: Richter 1955, p. 44; Ruebel 1991, p. 18; photo of an impression is published in Furtwängler 1900, I, pl. XXXIII:15; photos of the ring are published in Richter 1955, pl. VI, fig. 22, and on the museum websiteArchived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine (inv. no. 25085)
Chronology of the Athenian New Style coinage remains somewhat uncertain, see Mattingly 1990; another date suggested for the coins is 137–136 BC or 135–134 BC, in this case EXE could refer to a later member of the same family, Echedemos son of Arketos, Kydathenaieus, and the head of Helios could be a family emblem, see Pantos 1989, p. 284; this Echedemos (Ἐχέδημος Ἀρκέτου) is known from an inscription of circa 155–154 BC as a victor at the festival of Theseia, see: Pantos 1989, pp. 284–285, fn. 49; Inscriptiones GraecaeIG II² 958
Portrait on a sealing in the archive has been identified with the man engraved on a gold signet ring in National Museum, Naples, who in turn has been identified as Scipio via numismatic parallels, see: Pantos 1989, p. 281; Ruebel 1991, p. 18; this identification is widely accepted, but has been doubted, see Ruebel 1991, p. 19; a portrait ring of Scopio is mentioned by Valerius Maximus, who writes about Scopio's son Lucius: "and they pulled his ring from his hand, on which the head of Africanus had been molded", see Ruebel 1991, p. 29, fn. 38; the ring in Naples is 3.0 x 3.5 cm, see Richter 1955, pl. VI, fig. 22; it is signed by engraver Herakleidas, see: Richter 1955, p. 44; Pantos 1989, p. 281; Ruebel 1991, p. 29, fn. 37; it was found in Capua, see: Richter 1955, p. 44; Ruebel 1991, p. 18; photo of an impression is published in Furtwängler 1900, I, pl. XXXIII:15; photos of the ring are published in Richter 1955, pl. VI, fig. 22, and on the museum websiteArchived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine (inv. no. 25085)
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Another engraver of the same name but working at a later period is known from several signed works, see Richter 1956, pp. XXXVI–XXXVII; one low-quality portrait seal impression from Seleucia on the Tigris is signed "ΑΠΟΛΛ[Ο or Ω][...]" in reverse, although it could also be the name of the owner, see Messina 2012, p. 124, fig.5, p.125; Athens produced many sculptors with this name, see: Pantos 1989, p. 287; Messina 2012, p. 123, fn. 13; the famous Belvedere Torso is prominently signed "Apollonios, son of Nestor, Athenian"; the bronze Boxer of Quirinal is also signed "Apollonios, son of Nestor", see Messina 2012, p. 123, fn. 13; finally, Pliny the Elder ascribed the monumental Farnese Bull to a certain Apollonios of Tralles and his brother Tauriscus
