Magical gem in a modern gold setting: Male figure (A) scorpion (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-4319
ID-Number:
DE-München-Münzsammlung_s.n.
Collection:
DE_München, Staatliche Münzsammlung
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dimensions:
11 x 9 x 3 mm
Iconography:
scorpion; figure, male; clothing: mantle; cornucopia; vessel: patera; altar
Description: Upright oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Green jasper with red spots (heliotrope). Surface slightly abraded, mounted in a modern gold setting.
A: Male figure with a mantle around his waist and thrown over his right arm, holding a cornucopia in the right hand and a patera above a burning altar in the left hand.
B: Scorpion.
Bibliography
Brandt, AGD I, no. 2692.
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CBd-4319. The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database (2010-), developed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, editor-in-chief: Á. M. Nagy.
Retrieved from: cbd.mfab.hu/cbd/4319 on 14-03-2025.
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