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Figure III-2-gio-064. Ophiopode (serpent-legged) Giant (Porphyrion, Eurymedon, or Enceladus?) standing in a defensive posture, wielding a stone (rock, boulder) in his lowered right hand, defending himself with his raised left arm, and being assaulted by Jupiter riding quadriga, holding reins in his extended left hand, and brandishing (hurling?) a thunderbolt with his raised right hand. | Opposite side (obverse): Antoninus Pius' laureate-diademed bust leftward.

● Artefact
Object Category: Medallion
View: Reverse
Medium: Bronze
Denomination: N/A
Size/Diameter: ??? mm
Weight: ??? gm
● Context
Creator: Unknown
Mint: Rome
Region: Italy
Authority/Issuer: Antoninus Pius (r. 138-161 AD)
Sitter(s): Antoninus Pius (r. 138-161 AD)
Period: Middle Roman Imperial, Nerva-Antonine Dynasty
Date: 157 AD
Provenience: Unknown
● Collection
Ownership: TBD
Location: TBD
Inventory №: TBD
 
● Iconographic Type: Hexagenic™ Nomenclature Summary
Type: III.2a.gio.3a.rom·anp.0
Ontolocators
(Prefix):
volume: III. coins
chapter (part): 2. fantastic creatures (a. herpetomorphs)
Integrals
(Stem):
subject: gio. Giant (ophiopode)
feature: 3. assaulted by Jupiter (a. Jupiter driving)
Differentials
(Suffix):
idiosyncrasy: rom. Rome (anp. Antoninus Pius)
variation: 0. Ø
● Iconographic Type: Formal Semantic Indicators™
Identifiers
(Beings):
deity.1: Jupiter
hero: Ø
mortal: Ø
notable: Ø
anonym: Ø
animal.1: horse (×4) "group.1" [four-horse team]
creature.1: Giant (ophiopode) [Porphyrion?/
Eurymedon?/Enceladus?]
object.1: stone [rock/boulder]
object.2: thunderbolt
object.3: loincloth [perizoma]
object.4: chariot "cluster.1" [quadriga]
object.5: breastcollar ((×2) ×4) "set.1" [four pairs of breastcollars]
object.6: rein ((×2) ×4) "set.2" [four pairs of reins]
object.7: groundline
symbol: Ø
pair: Ø
duplet: Ø
group.1: [four-horse team] {"animal.1" [horse (×4)]}; "cluster.1" [quadriga]
set.1: [four pairs of breastcollars] {"object.5" [breastcollar ((×2) ×4)]}; "set.3" [horse harness]
set.2: [four pairs of reins] {"object.6" [rein ((×2) ×4)]}; "set.3" [horse harness]
set.3: [horse harness] {"set.1" [four pairs of breastcollars]; "set.2" [four pairs of reins]}
cluster.1: [quadriga] {"object.4" [chariot]; "group.1" [four-horse team]; "set.3" [horse harness]}
artwork: Ø
label: Ø
Descriptors
(Properties):
epithet: Ø
syncretism: Ø
prosopon: Ø
morphology.1: "deity.1" [Jupiter] (general: homogeneous; human; male) (head: human; male; with long hair; bearded) (upper·body: human; male; muscular; torso with two arms and two hands) (lower·body: human; male; with two legs and two feet [left·leg and left·foot obscured])
morphology.2: "animal.1" [horse] (general: homogeneous; equine) (head: equine; with regular eyes and regular ears) (upper·body: equine; with sturdy neck, short [cropped?/braided?] mane, regular torso, and two regular, hoofed [ungulate] front·legs) (lower·body: equine; with two regular, hoofed [ungulate] hind·legs and long tail)
morphology.3: "creature.1" [Giant (ophiopode)] (general: composite; anthropoherpetomorphic; ophiopodeᴿᴰ) (head: human; male; with long hair; bearded) (upper·body: human; male; muscular; torso with two arms and two hands) (lower·body: human down from genitofemoral area; with male genitals and two thighs; ophidian down from knees; with two serpent-protomes instead of lower·legs)
morphology.4: "object.1" [stone] (homogeneous; oblong; small)
morphology.5: "object.2" [thunderbolt] (composite?; lightning strokes bundled together?)
morphology.6: "object.3" [loincloth] (homogeneous; single piece of fabric)
morphology.7: "object.4" [chariot] (general: composite) (upper·section: carriage box obscured) (middle·section: Ø) (lower·section: two eight-spoke wheels)
morphology.8: "object.5" [breastcollar] (homogeneous; straight; slender)
morphology.9: "object.6" [rein] (homogeneous; straight; slender)
morphology.10: "object.7" [groundline] (homogeneous; straight; slender; full-span)
aspect.1: "deity.1" [Jupiter] (general: upright; standing backward-leftward; leaning leftward; unclad) (head: upright; leftward-downward) (upper·body: upright; backward-leftward; right·arm bent, raised, with right·hand grasping; left·arm bent, extended leftward, with left·hand grasping) (lower·body: upright; backward-leftward; right·leg straight, extended downward with right·foot pointing backward-leftward, grounded; left·leg obscured)
aspect.2: "animal.1" [horse] (general: upright; leaping leftward-upward) (head: upright; downward-leftward/upward-leftward) (upper·body: upright; leftward-upward; front·legs bent, raised) (lower·body: upright; leftward-upward; hind·legs bent slightly, extended downward, grounded; tail billowing horizontally rightward)
aspect.3: "creature.1" [Giant (ophiopode)] (general: upright; standing frontward-rightward; leaning leftward; unclad) (head: upright; frontward-rightward) (upper·body: upright; frontward; right·arm bent slightly, lowered, with right·hand grasping; left·arm bent, raised, with left·hand open?, in head's proximity [self-protection?/distress?/
amazement? gesture]) (lower·body: upright; frontward; two thighs upright, spread; two serpent-protomes extended laterally, parallel; right·serpent swirling, undulating, rearing upward, with head pointing upward; left·serpent swirling, undulating, rearing upward, with head pointing upward)
aspect.4: "object.1" [stone] (suspended)
aspect.5: "object.2" [thunderbolt] (suspended aloft; vertical; tilted; pointing downward-leftward)
aspect.6: "object.3" [loincloth] (free-flowing; billowing horizontally rightward-upward)
aspect.7: "object.4" [chariot] (general: horizontal; upward; leftward-frontward; advancing? leftward) (upper·section: horizontal; upward; leftward-frontward) (middle·section: Ø) (lower·section: horizontal; upward; leftward-frontward)
aspect.8: "object.5" [breastcollar] (stretched horizontally)
aspect.9: "object.6" [rein] (stretched horizontally)
aspect.10: "object.7" [groundline] (horizontal)
vector.1: "main composition" (right-top →
left-bottom)
Operators
(Relations):
contact.1: "deity.1" [Jupiter] ⟨wearing? ⟨on lower·torso⟩⟩ "object.3" [loincloth]
contact.2: "deity.1" [Jupiter] ⟨disembarking?⟩ "object.4" [chariot]
contact.3: "deity.1" [Jupiter] ⟨standing ⟨upon⟩⟩ "object.7" [groundline]
contact.4: "deity.1" [Jupiter] ⟨holding ⟨in left·hand⟩⟩ "set.2" [four pairs of reins]
contact.5: "deity.1" [Jupiter] ⟨driving ⟨with "set.2" [four pairs of reins]⟩⟩ "cluster.1" [quadriga]
contact.6: "creature.1" [Giant (ophiopode)] ⟨standing ⟨upon⟩⟩ "object.7" [groundline]
contact.7: "cluster.1" [quadriga] ⟨advancing ⟨along⟩⟩ "object.7" [groundline]
conflict.1: "deity.1" [Jupiter] ⟨brandishing [hurling?] ⟨in [with?] right·hand "object.4" [thunderbolt] at⟩⟩ "creature.1" [Giant (ophiopode)]
conflict.2: "creature.1" [Giant (ophiopode)] ⟨fending ⟨of with left·arm assault of⟩⟩ {"deity.1" [Jupiter]; "group.1" [four-horse team]}
conflict.3: "creature.1" [Giant (ophiopode)] ⟨wielding ⟨in right·hand⟩⟩ "object.1" [stone]
conflict.4: "group.1" [four-horse team] ⟨trampling⟩ "creature.1" [Giant (ophiopode)]
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):
91C2(+6) the Giants, Gigantes (with serpents for feet), and their battle against the gods
(+ suffering, misfortune)
91C21(+6) battle of the Giants against the gods: gigantomachy (+ suffering, misfortune)
91C22(...)(+8) single named Giants (with NAME)
(+ attributes)

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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