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Figure III-2-gio-076. Ophiopode (serpent-legged) Giant (Porphyrion, Eurymedon, or Enceladus?) standing in a defensive posture, defending himself with his raised left arm protected by the (ophiomorphic?) manica, and being assaulted by Zeus (Jupiter) brandishing (hurling?) a thunderbolt with his raised right hand. | Opposite side (obverse): Marcus Aurelius bareheaded leftward.

● Artefact
Object Category: Coin
View: Reverse
Medium: Bronze
Denomination: Diassarion
Size/Diameter: ??? mm
Weight: ??? gm
● Context
Creator: Unknown
Mint: Diocaesarea
Region: Cilicia
Authority/Issuer: Antoninus Pius
(r. 138-161 AD)
Sitter(s): Marcus Aurelius
(r. 161-180 AD),
as Caesar
Period: Middle Roman Imperial, Nerva-Antonine Dynasty
Date: 138-161 AD
Provenience: Unknown
● Collection
Ownership: TBD
Location: TBD
Inventory №: TBD
 
● Iconographic Type: Hexagenic™ Nomenclature Summary
Type: III.2a.gio.3b.dio·anp.0
Ontolocators
(Prefix):
volume: III. coins
chapter (part): 2. fantastic creatures (a. herpetomorphs)
Integrals
(Stem):
subject: gio. Giant (ophiopode)
feature: 3. assaulted by Zeus [Jupiter] (b. Zeus [Jupiter] on-foot)
Differentials
(Suffix):
idiosyncrasy: dio. Diocaesarea (anp. Antoninus Pius)
variation: 0. Ø
● Iconographic Type: Formal Semantic Indicators™
Identifiers
(Beings):
deity.1: Zeus [Jupiter]
hero: Ø
mortal: Ø
notable: Ø
anonym: Ø
animal: Ø
creature.1: Giant (ophiopode) [Porphyrion?/
Eurymedon?/Enceladus?]
object.1: thunderbolt
object.2: manica [arm-guard]
object.3: 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: "deity.1" [Zeus] (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)
morphology.2: "creature.1" [Giant (ophiopode)] (general: composite; anthropoherpetomorphic; ophiopodeᵀᴰ) (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 two thighs; ophidian down from knees; with two serpent-terminals [tails] instead of lower·legs)
morphology.3: "object.1" [thunderbolt] (homogeneous; single lightning stroke)
morphology.4: "object.2" [manica] (composite?; with multiple folds [wraps?]; ophiomorphic?)
morphology.5: "object.3" [groundline] (homogeneous; straight; slender; full-span)
aspect.1: "deity.1" [Zeus] (general: upright; standing rightward [advancing? rightward]; leaning rightward; unclad) (head: upright; rightward) (upper·body: upright; rightward-frontward; right·arm bent, raised, with right·hand grasping; left·arm straight, extended rightward, with left·hand obscured, grasping?) (lower·body: upright; rightward; right·leg straight, extended downward-leftward, with right·foot pointing downward-leftward, grounded; left·leg bent, extended downward-rightward, with left·foot pointing rightward, grounded)
aspect.2: "creature.1" [Giant (ophiopode)] (general: upright; standing leftward-backward; leaning rightward; unclad) (head: upright; leftward) (upper·body: upright; leftward-backward; right·arm bent slightly, lowered, with right·hand grasping; left·arm straight, extended leftward-upward, with left·hand grasping) (lower·body: upright; leftward-backward; two thighs upright, spread?; two serpent-terminals [tails] extended laterally; right·tail swirling, extended rightward, with tip obscured; left·tail swirling, extended leftward, with tip obscured)
aspect.3: "object.1" [thunderbolt] (suspended aloft; tilted; pointing downward-rightward)
aspect.4: "object.2" [manica] (wrapped; with folds [wraps?] hanging vertically)
aspect.5: "object.3" [groundline] (horizontal)
vector.1: "main composition" (top-left →
bottom-right)
Operators
(Relations):
contact.1: "deity.1" [Zeus] ⟨standing [advancing?] ⟨upon [along?]⟩⟩ "object.3" [groundline]
contact.2: "creature.1" [Giant (ophiopode)] ⟨wearing ⟨on left·arm⟩⟩ "object.2" [manica]
contact.3: "creature.1" [Giant (ophiopode)] ⟨standing ⟨upon⟩⟩ "object.3" [groundline]
conflict.1: "deity.1" [Zeus] ⟨brandishing [hurling?] ⟨in [with?] right·hand "object.1" [thunderbolt] at⟩⟩ "creature.1" [Giant (ophiopode)]
conflict.2: "creature.1" [Giant (ophiopode)] ⟨fending ⟨off with left·arm assault of⟩⟩ "deity.1" [Zeus]
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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