Green jasper gem: Cock-headed Anguipes (A) Μίθρας (B)
Green jasper gem; side A upright oval and very lightly convex, side B transverse oval and flat. (Shape 8–9). Chipped on the obverse.
Side A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour, head to right. Right hand raised high and holding a shield, left hand holding an oval shield, inscribed with ιαω → Ἰάω. Greek inscription around the figure, starting clockwise at the bottom: α|βρα|σαξ → Ἄβρασαξ.
Side B: Inscribed in one line: μιθραξ → Μίθρας.
Selected bibliography
• Capello 1702 >>, pl. 4, no. 19 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Montfaucon 1719 >>, vol. 2,2, 359–360, pl. 147C (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Zazoff, AGD III >>, 229, no. 137.
• Michel 2001 >>, 61, No. 57; click here for the full-text excerpt.
• Michel, DMG >>, no. 3.A.1.k_2.
Further resources on PP-1687
• Hessen Kassel Heritage Online
• Antiquitatum Thesaurus
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