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Figure III-2-gip-012. Phytopode (plant-legged) Giant (Alcyoneus or Picolous?), holding vertically two out of eleven stems of the heliotropic (common daisy, Bellis perennis?) flower terminals of his undulating, swirling, phytomorphic lower extremities in each of his raised hands; eleven miniature *adorant* figures (offsprings?) emerging from the blossoms and facing the central figure in the aspect of veneration (?). | Opposite side (reverse): Sun-god Helios wearing a radiate crown and moon-goddess Selene wearing a crescent diadem, both carrying long scepters, and separated by a miniature mountain (its summit?); two six-ray stars symbolically representing dawn-goddess Eos.

● Artefact
Object Category: Coin
View: Obverse
Medium: Silver
Denomination: Tetradrachm
Size/Diameter: ??? mm
Weight: ??? 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: TBD
Location: TBD
Inventory №: TBD
 
● Iconographic Type: Hexagenic™ Nomenclature Summary
Type: III.2e.gip.1.unk·tee.2
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: 2. eleven flowers; *offsprings-adorants*
● 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?] {"cluster.1" [right·bunch]; "cluster.2" [left·bunch]}
creature.2: right·*offspring-adorant* (×6) "group.1" [right·*offsprings-adorants*]
creature.3: left·*offspring-adorant* (×5) "group.2" [left·*offsprings-adorants*]
object.1: right·flower (×6) "set.1" [right·flowers]
object.2: left·flower (×5) "set.2" [left·flowers]
symbol: Ø
pair: Ø
duplet: Ø
group.1: [right·*offsprings-adorants*] {"creature.2" [right·*offspring-adorant* (×6)]}; "cluster.1" [right·bunch]
group.2: [left·*offsprings-adorants*] {"creature.3" [left·*offspring-adorant* (×5)]}; "cluster.2" [left·bunch]
set.1: [right·flowers] {"object.1" [right·flower (×6)]}; "cluster.1" [right·bunch]
set.2: [left·flowers] {"object.2" [left·flower (×5)]; "cluster.2" [left·bunch]}
cluster.1: [right·bunch] {"group.1" [right·*offsprings-adorants*]; "set.1" [right·flowers]}; "creature.1" [Giant (phytopode)]
cluster.2: [left·bunch] {"group.2" [left·*offsprings-adorants*]; "set.2" [left·flowers]}; "creature.1" [Giant (phytopode)]
artwork: Ø
label: Ø
Descriptors
(Properties):
epithet: Ø
syncretism: Ø
prosopon: Ø
morphology.1: "creature.1" [Giant (phytopode)] (general: composite; anthropophytomorphic; phytopodeᴿᴹ) (head: human; male; with 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 eleven lateral flowers instead of legs)
morphology.2: "creature.2" [right·*offspring-adorant*] (general: homogeneous?; anthropo-morphic?) (head: human?; male?) (upper·body: human?; male?; torso?
with two? arms? and two? hands?) (lower·body: obscured?)
morphology.3: "creature.3" [left·*offspring-adorant*] (general: homogeneous?; anthropo-morphic?) (head: human?; male?) (upper·body: human?; male?; torso?
with two? arms? and two? hands?) (lower·body: obscured?)
morphology.4: "object.1" [right·flower] (homogeneous; with large blossom and long stem)
morphology.5: "object.2" [left·flower] (homogeneous;
with large blossom and long stem)
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-rightward; three shoot-stems curling and eleven lateral flowers raised)
aspect.2: "creature.2" [right·*offspring-adorant*] (general: upright; standing rightward; unclad?) (head: upright; rightward) (upper·body: upright; rightward; two? arms? bent slightly, extended rightward with two? hands? joined [veneration? gesture]) (lower·body: obscured?)
aspect.3: "creature.3" [left·*offspring-adorant*] (general: upright; standing leftward; unclad?) (head: upright; leftward) (upper·body: upright; leftward; two? arms? bent slightly, extended leftward with two? hands? joined [veneration? gesture]) (lower·body: obscured?)
aspect.4: "object.1" [right·flower] (vertical; upward; blossom facing upward; stem undulating)
aspect.5: "object.2" [left·flower] (vertical; upward; blossom facing upward; stem undulating)
vector.1: "main composition" (periphery-bottom → center-top)
Operators
(Relations):
contact.1: "creature.1" [Giant (phytopode)] ⟨holding ⟨in right·hand uppermost·instance of⟩⟩ "object.1" [right·flower (×6)]
contact.2: "creature.1" [Giant (phytopode)] ⟨holding ⟨in left·hand uppermost·instance of⟩⟩ "object.2" [left·flower (×5)]
contact.3: "creature.1" [Giant (phytopode)] ⟨looking ⟨at⟩⟩ "cluster.1" [left·bunch]
contact.4: "creature.2" [right·*offspring-adorant* (×6)] ⟨emerging? ⟨from⟩⟩ "object.1" [right·flower (×6)]
contact.5: "creature.2" [right·*offspring-adorant* (×6)] ⟨venerating?⟩ "creature.1" [Giant (phytopode)]
contact.6: "creature.3" [left·*offspring-adorant*
(×5)] ⟨emerging? ⟨from⟩⟩ "object.2" [left·flower (×5)]
contact.7: "creature.3" [left·*offspring-adorant*
(×5)] ⟨venerating?⟩ "creature.1" [Giant (phytopode)]
conflict: Ø
context: Ø
contiguity: Ø
inversion.1: reverse: sun-god Helios {wearing radiate crown; carrying long scepter}; moon-goddess Selene {wearing crescent diadem; carrying long scepter}; dawn-goddess Eos {represented symbolically by two six-ray stars}; mountain {miniature; separating Helios and Selene}
● 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(...)(+9) single named Giants (with NAME)
(+ offspring, companion(s), train, etc.)
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)
92E1 (story of) Aurora (Eos); 'Aurora' (Ripa)

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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