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Figure 001 of 048 OLYMPIAS: GALLERY | LIBRARY | REGISTRY Figure 003 of 048
Figure III-5-oly-002. Veiled Olympias holding a slender scepter in her raised right hand with the forearm adorned with the ophiomorphic bracelet. | Opposite side (reverse): Naked Nereid (?) riding a taurocampos, with triton-shell (ranellid), scallop-shell (pectinid), and two dolphins in the wavy waters below.

● Artefact
Object Category: Medallion
View: Obverse
Medium: Gold
Denomination: N/A
Size/Diameter: ??? mm
Weight: ??? gm
● Context
Creator: Unknown
Mint: Beroia?
Region: Macedonia
Authority/Issuer: Unknown
Sitter(s): Olympias
Period: Middle Roman Imperial
Date: 200-250 AD
Provenience: Unknown
● Collection
Ownership: TBD
Location: TBD
Inventory №: TBD
 
● Iconographic Type: Hexagenic™ Nomenclature Summary
Type: III.5a.oly.1.ber·unk.0
Ontolocators
(Prefix):
volume: III. coins
chapter (part): 5. notables & anonyms (a. historical figures)
Integrals
(Stem):
subject: oly. Olympias
feature: 1. wearing ophiomorphic bracelet
Differentials
(Suffix):
idiosyncrasy: ber. Beroia? (unk. unknown authority/
issuer)
variation: 0. Ø
● Iconographic Type: Formal Semantic Indicators™
Identifiers
(Beings):
deity: Ø
hero: Ø
mortal: Ø
notable.1: Olympias
anonym: Ø
animal.1: snake [serpent] "artwork.1" [ophiomorphic bracelet]
creature: Ø
object.1: scepter
object.2: veil [velum/mantle?/palla?]
object.3: tainia [headband/ribbon]
object.4: stola [dress]
symbol: Ø
pair: Ø
duplet: Ø
group: Ø
set: Ø
cluster: Ø
artwork.1: ophiomorphic bracelet "animal.1" [snake]
label: Ø
Descriptors
(Properties):
epithet: Ø
syncretism: Ø
prosopon: Ø
morphology.1: "notable.1" [Olympias] (general: homogeneous; human; female) (head: human; female; with long, wavy hair) (upper·body: human; female; only upper·thorax and right·hand shown) (lower·body: not shown)
morphology.2: "animal.1" [snake] (general: homogeneous; ophiomorphic) (head: ophidian) (upper·body: ophidian) (lower·body: ophidian)
morphology.3: "object.1" [scepter] (homogeneous; slender; straight; with globular tip)
morphology.4: "object.2" [veil] (homogeneous; single piece of fabric)
morphology.5: "object.3" [tainia] homogeneous)
morphology.6: "object.4" [stola] (homogeneous; only upper·part shown)
morphology.7: "artwork.1" [ophiomorphic bracelet] (homogeneous)
aspect.1: "notable.1" [Olympias] (general: upright; leftward; dressed) (head: upright; leftward) (upper·body: upright; leftward-frontward; right·arm raised, with right·hand grasping) (lower·body: not shown)
aspect.2: "animal.1" [snake] (general: coiling; undulating) (head: raised; with mouth open) (upper·body: undulating; coiling) (lower·body: coiling; undulating; tail undulating, with tip pointing downward)
aspect.3: "object.1" [scepter] (suspended; vertical; tilted; pointing upward-leftward)
aspect.4: "object.2" [veil] (free-flowing; folding)
aspect.5: "object.3" [tainia] (tightly bound)
aspect.6: "object.4" [stola] (wrapped; free-flowing; folding)
aspect.7: "artwork.1" [ophiomorphic bracelet] (vertical; tilted; pointing upward-leftward)
vector.1: "main composition" (right → left)
Operators
(Relations):
contact.1: "notable.1" [Olympias] ⟨holding ⟨in right·hand⟩⟩ "object.1" [scepter]
contact.2: "notable.1" [Olympias] ⟨wearing ⟨on head and shoulders⟩⟩ "object.2" [veil]
contact.3: "notable.1" [Olympias] ⟨wearing ⟨on head⟩⟩ "object.3" [tainia]
contact.4: "notable.1" [Olympias] ⟨wearing ⟨on torso⟩⟩ "object.4" [stola]
contact.5: "notable.1" [Olympias] ⟨wearing ⟨on right·forearm⟩⟩ "artwork.1" [ophiomorphic bracelet]
conflict: Ø
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):
98C(OLYMPIAS)(+51) (story of) Olympias (+ head (and shoulders))
25F42(+15) snakes (+ ornamental variants of animals)
41D2662 bracelet, wristlet

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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