Amulet(?) gem: Helios as Asclepius?
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1314
ID-Number:
US-NY-ANS_0000.999.35710
Collection:
US_New York, American Numismatic Society
Inventory:
0000.999.35710
References:
Bonner, SMA D. 67; Schwartz–Schwartz, 38; Michel, DMG, no. 7_7
Former Collections:
Newell, Edward T. Collection
Material:
onyx (banded)
Dimensions:
16 x 11 x 3 mm
Dating:
post-antique? (Schwartz)
Iconography:
moon, crescent; whip; star; rays (6); staff, snake entwined; Helios; animal: quadruped, unspecified
Divine Names & Voces:
voces, unidentified
A: Nude figure (Helios as Asclepius?), standing to right, head, encircled with six rays, turned back to left. Left hand bent in elbow and holding a whip, right hand resting on a snake-entwined staff. At the right foot of the figure, a quadruped? To the left of the head, a crescent, open to top; to the right, a star.
B: Inscribed: σαρ, an indistinct sign, μυ.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1314
Schwartz - Schwartz on CBd-1314
http://numismatics.org/collection/0000.999.35710" target="_blank">The American Numismatic Society Collections database on CBd-1314
B: Inscribed: σαρ, an indistinct sign, μυ.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1314
Schwartz - Schwartz on CBd-1314
http://numismatics.org/collection/0000.999.35710" target="_blank">The American Numismatic Society Collections database on CBd-1314
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CBd-1314. 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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