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Figure III-4-cad-010. Cadmus brandishing (hurling?) a stone with his raised right hand at rearing Ismenian Serpent (Drakon of Ares). | Opposite side (obverse): Valerian's laureate-diademed bust rightward.

● Artefact
Object Category: Coin
View: Reverse
Medium: Bronze
Denomination: Unknown
Size/Diameter: 27 mm
Weight: 10.8 gm
● Context
Creator: Unknown
Mint: Tyre
Region: Phoenicia
Authority/Issuer: Valerian (r. 253-260 AD)
Sitter(s): Valerian (r. 253-260 AD)
Period: Middle Roman Imperial, Crisis of the Third Century, Valerian Dynasty
Date: 253-260 AD
Provenience: Unknown
● Collection
Ownership: Private
Location: Unknown
Inventory №: N/A
 
● Iconographic Type: Hexagenic™ Nomenclature Summary
Type: III.4a.cad.1.tyr·val.1
Ontolocators
(Prefix):
volume: III. coins
chapter (part): 4. heroes & victims (a. monster slayers)
Integrals
(Stem):
subject: cad. Cadmus
feature: 1. lapidating Ismenian Serpent
Differentials
(Suffix):
idiosyncrasy: tyr. Tyre (val. Valerian)
variation: 1. serpent swirling; chlamys billowing; murex shell center-left
● Iconographic Type: Formal Semantic Indicators™
Identifiers
(Beings):
deity: Ø
hero.1: Cadmus
mortal: Ø
notable: Ø
anonym: Ø
animal: Ø
creature.1: Ismenian Serpent [Drakon of Ares]
object.1: stone [rock/boulder]
object.2: chlamys [cloak]
object.3: murex shell
object.4: 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: "hero.1" [Cadmus] (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 male genitals [suggested], two legs, and two feet)
morphology.2: "creature.1" [Ismenian Serpent] (general: homogeneous; ophiomorphic; large) (head: ophidian; with short tongue?; bearded) (upper·body: ophidian) (lower·body: ophidian)
morphology.3: "object.1" [stone] (homogeneous; globular)
morphology.4: "object.2" [chlamys] (homogeneous; single piece of fabric)
morphology.5: "object.3" [murex shell] (homogeneous)
morphology.6: "object.4" [groundline] (homogeneous; straight; slender; part-span)
aspect.1: "hero.1" [Cadmus] (general: upright; standing [advancing?] rightward; unclad) (head: upright; rightward) (upper·body: upright; frontward-rightward; right·arm bent, raised, with right·hand grasping; left·arm bent, lowered, with left·hand grasping) (lower·body: upright; rightward-frontward; 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" [Ismenian Serpent] (general: upright; rearing upward-leftward; swirling) (head: raised; upward-leftward; with mouth open and tongue protruding?) (upper·body: upright; rearing upward-leftward; swirling) (lower·body: upright; upward-rightward; tail undulating, with tip pointing leftward-downward)
aspect.3: "object.1" [stone] (suspended aloft)
aspect.4: "object.2" [chlamys] (suspended; partially wrapped; billowing horizontally leftward)
aspect.5: "object.3" [murex shell] (vertical; pointing downward)
aspect.6: "object.4" [groundline] (horizontal)
vector.1: "main composition" (left-top →
right-bottom)
Operators
(Relations):
contact.1: "hero.1" [Cadmus] ⟨bearing ⟨on left·forearm⟩⟩ "object.2" [chlamys]
contact.2: "hero.1" [Cadmus] ⟨standing [advancing?] ⟨upon [along?]⟩⟩ "object.4" [groundline]
contact.3: "creature.1" [Ismenian Serpent] ⟨rearing ⟨upon⟩⟩ "object.4" [groundline]
conflict.1: "hero.1" [Cadmus] ⟨brandishing [hurling?] ⟨in [with?] right·hand "object.1" [stone] at⟩⟩ "creature.1" [Ismenian Serpent]
context.1: "object.3" [murex shell] ⟨featuring ⟨in center-left sector of⟩⟩ "main composition"
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):
95A(CADMUS)4 (story of) Cadmus - aggressive, unfriendly activities and relationships
95A(CADMUS)34 Cadmus slays the dragon

Source-Image(s): Ancient Coins Search (www.acsearch.info; © Courtesy of the ACSearch.info and the original holders): Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 100, 7 October 2015, Lot 1757. 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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