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Figure 003 of 048 OLYMPIAS: GALLERY | LIBRARY | REGISTRY Figure 005 of 048
Figure III-5-oly-004. Olympias' (?) veiled bust rightward. | Opposite side (reverse): Undulating, crested, bearded serpent.

● Artefact
Object Category: Medallion
View: Obverse
Medium: Gold
Denomination: N/A
Size/Diameter: 10 mm
Weight: 1.2 gm
● Context
Creator: Unknown
Mint: Unknown
Region: Greece?
Authority/Issuer: Unknown
Sitter(s): Olympias
Period: Middle/Late Roman Imperial
Date: 200-300 AD
Provenience: Unknown
● Collection
Ownership: Staatlichen Museen
Location: Berlin
Inventory №: 18208090
 
● Iconographic Type: Hexagenic™ Nomenclature Summary
Type: III.5a.oly.2.unk·unk.0
Ontolocators
(Prefix):
volume: III. coins
chapter (part): 5. notables & anonyms (a. historical figures)
Integrals
(Stem):
subject: oly. Olympias
feature: 2. serpent on reverse
Differentials
(Suffix):
idiosyncrasy: unk. unknown mint (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: Ø
creature: Ø
object.1: veil [velum/mantle?/palla?]
symbol: Ø
pair: Ø
duplet: Ø
group: Ø
set: Ø
cluster: Ø
artwork: Ø
label: Ø
Descriptors
(Properties):
epithet: Ø
syncretism: Ø
prosopon.1: "notable.1" [Olympias] (human; female)
morphology.1: "object.1" [veil] (homogeneous; single piece of fabric)
aspect.1: "notable.1" [Olympias] (profile; rightward)
aspect.2: "object.1" [veil] (free-flowing; folding)
vector.1: "main composition" (left → right)
Operators
(Relations):
contact.1: "notable.1" [Olympias] ⟨wearing ⟨on head⟩⟩ "object.1" [veil]
conflict: Ø
context: Ø
contiguity: Ø
inversion.1: reverse: ΟΛΥΜ·ΠΙΑΔ[ΟΣ] [legend]; serpent {crested; bearded; horizontal; leftward; undulating}
● 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)(+513) (story of) Olympias (+ profile)
25F42(+13) snakes (+ animals as attributes)

Source-Image(s): Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Münzkabinett (www.ikmk.smb.museum; © Courtesy of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin). 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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