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Figure III-2-cec-008. Ophiocaude (serpent-tailed) Cecrops holding an olive branch vertically in his raised right hand; tunny fish lying below (mint's identifier). | Opposite side (reverse): Quadripartite incuse square.

● Artefact
Object Category: Coin
View: Obverse
Medium: Electrum
Denomination: Hekte ( stater)
Size/Diameter: 10 mm
Weight: 2.6 gm
● Context
Creator: Unknown
Mint: Cyzicos
Region: Mysia
Authority/Issuer: Unknown
Sitter(s): N/A
Period: Middle/Late Classical
Date: 450-350 BC
Provenience: Unknown
● Collection
Ownership: Private
Location: Unknown
Inventory №: N/A
 
● Iconographic Type: Hexagenic™ Nomenclature Summary
Type: III.2a.cec.1.cyz·unk.0
Ontolocators
(Prefix):
volume: III. coins
chapter (part): 2. fantastic creatures (a. herpetomorphs)
Integrals
(Stem):
subject: cec. Cecrops
feature: 1. holding olive branch
Differentials
(Suffix):
idiosyncrasy: cyz. Cyzicos (unk. unknown authority/
issuer)
variation: 0. Ø
● Iconographic Type: Formal Semantic Indicators™
Identifiers
(Beings):
deity: Ø
hero: Ø
mortal: Ø
notable: Ø
anonym: Ø
animal.1: tuna fish
creature.1: Cecrops
object.1: olive branch
symbol: Ø
pair: Ø
duplet: Ø
group: Ø
set: Ø
cluster: Ø
artwork: Ø
label: Ø
Descriptors
(Properties):
epithet: Ø
syncretism: Ø
prosopon: Ø
morphology.1: "animal.1" [tuna fish] (general: homogeneous; ichthyic) (head: ichthyic) (upper·body: ichthyic) (lower·body: ichthyic; with small pelvic and anal fins, and large caudal fin)
morphology.2: "creature.1" [Cecrops] (general: composite; anthropoherpetomorphic; ophiocaudeᵀᴸ) (head: human; male; with short hair; bearded) (upper·body: human; male; muscular; torso with two arms and two hands) (lower·body: human, with male genitals; ophidian down from genito-femoral area; with squamous serpent-terminal [tail] instead of legs)
morphology.3: "object.1" [olive branch] (homogeneous; large; leafed)
aspect.1: "animal.1" [tuna fish] (general: horizontal; lying leftward) (head: horizontal; leftward) (upper·body: horizontal; leftward) (lower·body: horizontal; leftward)
aspect.2: "creature.1" [Cecrops] (general: upright; standing leftward-frontward; unclad) (head: upright; leftward) (upper·body: upright; frontward-leftward; right·arm bent, raised, with right·hand grasping; left·arm bent, lowered, with left·hand open, rested on left·hip) (lower·body: upright; leftward-frontward; genitals exposed; serpent-terminal [tail] swirling, extended downward-rightward, with tip pointing upward-rightward)
aspect.3: "object.1" [olive branch] (suspended; vertical; upward)
vector.1: "main composition" (right-bottom →
left-top)
Operators
(Relations):
contact.1: "creature.1" [Cecrops] ⟨holding ⟨in right·hand⟩⟩ "object.1" [olive branch]
conflict: Ø
context: Ø
contiguity.1: "animal.1" [tuna fish] ⟨lying ⟨below⟩⟩ "creature.1" [Cecrops]
inversion: Ø
● 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):
95A(CECROPS)7 Cecrops: half man - half serpent, first king of Attica - specific aspects, allegorical aspects, as patron of
25G3(OLIVE-TREE)(+13) trees: olive-tree (+ plants as attributes)

Source-Image(s): Ancient Coins Search (www.acsearch.info; © Courtesy of the ACSearch.info and the original holders): Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 105, 10 May 2017, Lot 189. 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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