Location
WC1B 3DG
Dates
This exhibition CLOSED on Sun, 7th May 2017
This exhibition has finished.
Cost: Free of Charge
Description
This exhibition shows off coins and other objects that were defaced, usually to condemn the memory of deceased Roman Emperors but sometimes to undermine the power of living ones.
Like many rulers, Roman emperors used inscriptions, sculptures and coins to project their authority. But the imperial image could be outraged and subverted for political and religious reasons.
The memory of Roman emperors could be condemned after their deathm which was particularly true if rulers were overthrown or executed. Their names would be erased from coins and stones, and their portraits defaced.
The display features a selection of coins, inscriptions, sculptures and papyri that show images and symbols of power being subverted in antiquity.
It also includes examples from Egypt, Mesopotamia and Greece, showing that the Romans were continuing a long tradition of desecration of rulers.
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