Magical gem: Hermes, characteres
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CBd-Number:
CBd-3149
ID-Number:
NL-Leiden-RMO_GS-01106
Collection:
NL_Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Inventory:
GS-01106
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 24.1.c_2
Former Collections:
Hague, Royal Coin Cabinet
Material:
jasper, green to black
Dimensions:
17 x 13 x 2.5 mm
Iconography:
stars (10); bird: cock; Hermes; kerykeion?; moon, crescent
Description: Upright oval, both sides flat. Shape 8. Dark green jasper.
A: Hermes sitting nude on a rock, to right. In his left hand a kerykerion (?), touching a cock, right hand lowered behind his back. Greek inscription: ευτιχεS → εὐτύχει (?), with crescent and nine six-pointed stars around the figure. Characteres and an eight-pointed star below the deity.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Jonge, CdE, no. 1153.
Maaskant-Kleibrink 1978, 352, no. 1106.
Michel, DMG, 24.1.c_2.
Rijksmuseum website on CBd-3149
A: Hermes sitting nude on a rock, to right. In his left hand a kerykerion (?), touching a cock, right hand lowered behind his back. Greek inscription: ευτιχεS → εὐτύχει (?), with crescent and nine six-pointed stars around the figure. Characteres and an eight-pointed star below the deity.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Jonge, CdE, no. 1153.
Maaskant-Kleibrink 1978, 352, no. 1106.
Michel, DMG, 24.1.c_2.
Rijksmuseum website on CBd-3149
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CBd-3149. 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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