Cleopatra Selene II, Boscoreale

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Illustration

Branko van Oppen
by Hervé Lewandowski
published on 10 May 2019
Cleopatra Selene II, Boscoreale Download Full Size Image

The allegorical portrait on this silver emblema dish is attributed to Cleopatra Selene II (40 BCE–c. 5 BCE), the daughter of Cleopatra VII (69-30 BCE) and Mark Antony (83–30 BCE). She wears an elephant scalp as a headdress and carries a cornucopia (horn of plenty) crowned with a lunar crescent in her left hand and holds a uraeus (upright cobra) in her right. Boscoreale, c. 25 BCE-25 CE; Louvre inv. no. Bj 1969.

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Lewandowski, H. (2019, May 10). Cleopatra Selene II, Boscoreale. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10576/cleopatra-selene-ii-boscoreale/

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Lewandowski, Hervé. "Cleopatra Selene II, Boscoreale." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified May 10, 2019. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10576/cleopatra-selene-ii-boscoreale/.

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Lewandowski, Hervé. "Cleopatra Selene II, Boscoreale." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 10 May 2019. Web. 26 Dec 2024.

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