| ● Iconographic Type: Hexagenic™ Nomenclature Summary |
| Type: |
 III.5a.oly.4.ber·go3.1a |
Ontolocators
(Prefix): |
 volume: |
III. coins |
 chapter (part): |
5. notables & anonyms (a. historical figures) |
Integrals
(Stem): |
 subject: |
oly. Olympias |
 feature: |
4. startled by Zeus-Ammon as serpent |
Differentials
(Suffix): |
 idiosyncrasy: |
ber. Beroia? (go3. Gordian III) |
 variation: |
1. sofa with dolphin-shaped armrests; Olympias seating (a. Alexander the Great wearing lion-skin headdress on obverse) |
| ● Iconographic Type: Formal Semantic Indicators™ |
Identifiers
(Beings): |
 deity.1: |
[Zeus-Ammon] ⇚ "creature.1" [serpent] |
 hero: |
Ø |
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 mortal: |
Ø |
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 notable.1: |
Olympias |
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 anonym: |
Ø |
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 animal: |
Ø |
|
 creature.1: |
serpent ⇛ "deity.1" [Zeus-Ammon] |
|
 object.1: |
sofa [couch/kline] |
|
object.2: |
veil [velum/mantle?/palla?] |
|
object.3: |
stola [dress] |
|
 symbol: |
Ø |
|
 pair: |
Ø |
|
 duplet: |
Ø |
|
 group: |
Ø |
|
 set: |
Ø |
|
 cluster: |
Ø |
|
 artwork: |
Ø |
|
 label.1: |
ΚΟΙΝΟΝ·ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ·ΔΙΣ·ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ [legend] |
Descriptors
(Properties): |
 epithet: |
Ø |
 syncretism: |
Ø |
|
 prosopon: |
Ø |
|
 morphology.1: |
"notable.1" [Olympias] (general: homogeneous; human; female) (head: human; female; with hair obscured?) (upper·body: human; female; torso with two arms and two hands) (lower·body: human; female; with two legs and two feet) |
|
morphology.2: |
"creature.1" ["deity.1" [Zeus-Ammon] as serpent] (general: homogeneous; ophiomorphic; large) (head: ophidian) (upper·body: ophidian) (lower·body: ophidian) |
|
morphology.3: |
"object.1" [sofa] (composite; with long seat, long backrest, two dolphin-shaped armrests, and four legs) |
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morphology.4: |
"object.2" [veil] (homogeneous; single piece of fabric) |
|
morphology.5: |
"object.3" [stola] (homogeneous; single piece of fabric; long) |
|
 aspect.1: |
"notable.1" [Olympias] (general: upright; seating leftward; dressed) (head: upright; leftward) (upper·body: upright; frontward-rightward; right·arm bent slightly, extended rightward-upward with right·hand open rightward; left·arm bent slightly, extended rightward-upward, with left·hand open rightward [fear?/surprise?/amazement? gesture]) (lower·body: upright; leftward; right·leg bent, extended leftward-downward, with right·foot pointing downward-leftward, grounded; left·leg bent, extended leftward-downward, with left·foot pointing downward-leftward, grounded) |
|
aspect.2: |
"creature.1" ["deity.1" [Zeus-Ammon] as serpent] (general: upright; rearing upward-rightward; undulating) (head: lowered; rightward-downward) (upper·body: rearing upward-rightward; undulating) (lower·body: rearing upward-rightward; swirling; tail swirling, with tip pointing downward-rightward) |
|
aspect.3: |
"object.1" [sofa] (horizontal; upward; frontward) |
|
aspect.4: |
"object.2" [veil] (billowing upward; stretched in arch-shape) |
|
aspect.5: |
"object.3" [stola] (wrapped; free-flowing; folding) |
|
 vector.1: |
"main composition" (left → right) |
Operators
(Relations): |
 contact.1: |
"notable.1" [Olympias] ⟨seating ⟨on⟩⟩ "object.1" [sofa] |
| contact.2: |
"notable.1" [Olympias] ⟨wearing ⟨on whole body⟩⟩ "object.3" [stola] |
|
contact.3: |
"creature.1" ["deity.1" [Zeus-Ammon] as serpent] ⟨startling⟩ "notable.1" [Olympias] |
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contact.4: |
"creature.1" ["deity.1" [Zeus-Ammon] as serpent] ⟨rearing ⟨atop⟩⟩ "object.1" [sofa] |
|
contact.5: |
"object.2" [veil] ⟨hovering ⟨over⟩⟩ "notable.1" [Olympias] |
|
 conflict: |
Ø |
|
 context: |
Ø |
|
 contiguity: |
Ø |
|
 inversion.1: |
obverse: Alexander the Great's head {profile; rightward; wearing lion-skin headdress}; ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ [legend];
star {miniature} |
| ● 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): |
98C(OLYMPIAS) |
(story of) Olympias |
| 98C(OLYMPIAS)2 |
love affairs of Olympias |
98C(OLYMPIAS)21
(+1) |
Olympias, mother of Alexander the Great, embraced by a serpent or a dragon (+ in allegorical or symbolic frame or setting; with allegorical or symbolic accessories) |
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