Magical(?) gem: Sarapis enthroned, with Cerberus
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1285
ID-Number:
US-NY-ANS_0000.999.35844
Collection:
US_New York, American Numismatic Society
Inventory:
0000.999.35844
References:
Bonner, SMA D. 18; Schwartz–Schwartz, 22; Michel, DMG, no. 45.1.c_5
Former Collections:
Newell, Edward T. Collection
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dimensions:
18 x 16 x 3 mm
Iconography:
Cerberus; clothing: mantle; scepter, unspecified; Sarapis; modius; Ouroboros; throne
A: Ouroboros enclosing Sarapis seated to left on a throne, right hand extended over the head of Cerberus(?) at his feet, left hand supporting a tall scepter. Head crowned with a modius (Bonner: disk?).
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1285
Schwartz - Schwartz on CBd-1285
http://numismatics.org/collection/0000.999.35844" target="_blank">The American Numismatic Society Collections database on CBd-1285
Last modified: 2019-10-28 16:03:22
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CBd-1285. The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database (2010-), developed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, editor-in-chief: Á. M. Nagy.
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