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Figure III-1-ibi-005. Ibis confronting a rearing winged serpent. | Opposite side (obverse): Juba II's laureate?-diademed bust rightward.

● Artefact
Object Category: Coin
View: Reverse
Medium: Bronze
Denomination: Unknown
Size/Diameter: ??? mm
Weight: ??? gm
● Context
Creator: Unknown
Mint: Iol/Caesarea Mauretaniae
Region: Numidia/Mauretania
Authority/Issuer: Juba II (r. 25 BC-23 AD; with Cleopatra Selene II 25-5 BC)
Sitter(s): Juba II (r. 25 BC-23 AD)
Period: Early Roman Imperial [Julio-Claudian Dynasty, contemporary]
Date: 25 BC-23 AD
Provenience: Unknown
● Collection
Ownership: TBD
Location: TBD
Inventory №: TBD
 
● Iconographic Type: Hexagenic™ Nomenclature Summary
Type: III.1e.ibi.1.ioc·ju2.0
Ontolocators
(Prefix):
volume: III. coins
chapter (part): 1. real animals (e. avian)
Integrals
(Stem):
subject: ibi. ibis
feature: 1. confronting winged serpent
Differentials
(Suffix):
idiosyncrasy: ioc. Iol/Caesarea Mauretaniae
(ju2. Juba II)
variation: 0. Ø
● Iconographic Type: Formal Semantic Indicators™
Identifiers
(Beings):
deity: Ø
hero: Ø
mortal: Ø
notable: Ø
anonym: Ø
animal.1: ibis
creature.1: winged serpent
object.1: groundline
symbol: Ø
pair: Ø
duplet: Ø
group: Ø
set: Ø
cluster: Ø
artwork: Ø
label: Ø
Descriptors
(Properties):
epithet: Ø
syncretism: Ø
prosopon: Ø
morphology.1: "animal.1" [ibis] (general: homogeneous; avian) (head: avian; with long, curved beak) (upper·body: avian; torso with long neck and two small wings) (lower·body: avian; with two legs, two feet, and tail)
morphology.2: "creature.1" [winged serpent] (general: composite; herpetoaviomorphic; winged) (head: ophidian) (upper·body: ophidian; with two wings) (lower·body: ophidian; mainly obscured)
morphology.3: "object.1" [groundline] (homogeneous; straight; slender; part-span)
aspect.1: "animal.1" [ibis] (general: upright; standing [advancing?] rightward) (head: upright; rightward-downward; beak pointing rightward-downward) (upper·body: upright; rightward; right·wing folded; left·wing folded) (lower·body: upright; rightward; right·leg bent slightly, extended downward-leftward, with right·foot pointing rightward, grounded; left·leg bent? slightly, extended downward-rightward, with left·foot pointing rightward, grounded; tail pointing downward-leftward)
aspect.2: "creature.1" [winged serpent] (general: upright; rearing upward-leftward) (head: upright; upward-leftward) (upper·body: upright; rearing upward-leftward; undulating; right·wing spread, raised; left·wing spread, raised) (lower·body: coiling; tail obscured)
aspect.3: "object.1" [groundline] (horizontal)
vector.1: "main composition" (left-top →
right-bottom)
Operators
(Relations):
contact.1: "animal.1" [ibis] ⟨standing [advancing?] ⟨upon [along?]⟩⟩ "object.1" [groundline]
contact.2: "creature.1" [winged serpent] ⟨rearing ⟨upon⟩⟩ "object.1" [groundline]
conflict.1: "animal.1" [ibis] ⟨confronting ⟨face-to-face⟩⟩ "creature.1" [winged serpent]
context: Ø
contiguity: Ø
inversion: Ø
● Iconographic Type: Prominence
Occurrences
(Registered Instances):
very rare 1-6 specimens
sparse 7-18 specimens
common 19-60 specimens
abundant 60+ specimens
● Iconographic Type: Selected Universal Subject References
ICONCLASS
(Codes and Descriptions):
25F37(IBIS)(+512) shore-birds and wading-birds: ibis
(+ animal(s) attacking)
25F42(+342) snakes (+ wings of an animal)

Source-Image(s): TBD. The full list of numismatic and exonumic images' sources is available on the Coins introductory page. The detailed descriptions of artefacts (provenience, dates, etc.) are generally taken verbatim from the providers of the original source-images. Figure is prepared by Alexei Alexeev.

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