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Figure 002 of 012 GIANT (PHYTOPODE): GALLERY | LIBRARY | REGISTRY Figure 004 of 012
Figure III-2-gip-003. Phytopode (plant-legged) Giant (Alcyoneus or Picolous?), holding vertically two stems of the heliotropic (common daisy, Bellis perennis?) flower terminals of his curling, phytomorphic lower extremities in each of his raised hands. | Opposite side (reverse): Sun-god Helios wearing a radiate crown and carrying a long scepter and moon-goddess Selene wearing a crescent diadem.

● Artefact
Object Category: Coin
View: Obverse
Medium: Silver
Denomination: Drachm
Size/Diameter: 18 mm
Weight: 2.2 gm
● Context
Creator: Unknown
Mint: Unknown
Region: Greek Bactria
Authority/Issuer: Telephos Euergetes
(r. 80-70/70-60 BC?)
Sitter(s): N/A
Period: Late Hellenistic
Date: 80-60 BC
Provenience: Unknown
● Collection
Ownership: Private
Location: Unknown
Inventory №: N/A
 
● Iconographic Type: Hexagenic™ Nomenclature Summary
Type: III.2e.gip.1.unk·tee.1
Ontolocators
(Prefix):
volume: III. coins
chapter (part): 2. fantastic creatures (e. phytomorphs)
Integrals
(Stem):
subject: gip. Giant (phytopode)
feature: 1. holding flower stems
Differentials
(Suffix):
idiosyncrasy: unk. unknown mint (tee. Telephos Euergetes)
variation: 1. two flowers
● Iconographic Type: Formal Semantic Indicators™
Identifiers
(Beings):
deity: Ø
hero: Ø
mortal: Ø
notable: Ø
anonym: Ø
animal: Ø
creature.1: Giant (phytopode) [Alcyoneus?/Picolous?] {"object.1" [right·flower]; "object.2" [left·flower]}
object.1: right·flower "creature.1" [Giant (phytopode)]
object.2: left·flower "creature.1" [Giant (phytopode)]
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: "creature.1" [Giant (phytopode)] (general: composite; anthropophytomorphic; phytopodeᴿᴰ) (head: human; male; with short, spiky/long, matted hair; beardless) (upper·body: human; male; muscular; torso with two arms and two hands) (lower·body: vegetative down from genitofemoral area; with three foliated shoot-stems and two lateral flowers instead of legs)
morphology.2: "object.1" [right·flower] (homogeneous; with large blossom, long stem, and long lateral tendril)
morphology.3: "object.2" [left·flower] (homogeneous; with large blossom, long stem, and long lateral tendril)
aspect.1: "creature.1" [Giant (phytopode)] (general: upright; standing frontward; unclad) (head: upright; frontward-leftward) (upper·body: upright; frontward; right·arm bent, raised, with right·hand grasping; left·arm bent, raised, with left·hand grasping) (lower·body: upright; frontward; three shoot-stems curling and two lateral flowers raised)
aspect.2: "object.1" [right·flower] (vertical; upward; blossom facing upward-leftward; stem undulating; lateral tendril curling upward-leftward)
aspect.3: "object.2" [left·flower] (vertical; upward; blossom facing upward-rightward; stem undulating; lateral tendril curling upward-rightward)
vector.1: "main composition" (periphery-bottom → center-top)
Operators
(Relations):
contact.1: "creature.1" [Giant (phytopode)] ⟨holding ⟨in right·hand⟩⟩ "object.1" [right·flower]
contact.2: "creature.1" [Giant (phytopode)] ⟨holding ⟨in left·hand⟩⟩ "object.2" [left·flower]
contact.3: "creature.1" [Giant (phytopode)] ⟨looking ⟨at⟩⟩ "object.1" [right·flower]
conflict: Ø
context: Ø
contiguity: Ø
inversion.1: reverse: sun-god Helios {wearing radiate crown; carrying long scepter}; moon-goddess Selene {wearing crescent diadem}
● 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):
91C22(...)(+8) single named Giants (with NAME)
(+ attributes)
97B7(...) other metamorphoses of male persons (with NAME) into plants and flowers
92B371 Apollo as sun-god, i.e. Sol (Helius), Titan
92C371 Diana as moon-goddess, i.e. Luna (Selene)

Source-Image(s): Ancient Coins Search (www.acsearch.info; © Courtesy of the ACSearch.info and the original holders): Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 99, 13 May 2015, Lot 424. 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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