Heliotrope gem in modern mount: Anguipes, Greek inscription (A) voces, vocales (B)

PP-ID:

PP-2604

Classification:

gem, magical

Collection ID:

DE-München-Münzsammlung_2912

Collection:

München, Staatliche Münzsammlung

Collection Inventory:

2912

Reference Numbers:

Michel, DMG, no. 3.A.1.l_8; CBd, no. 2604

Material:

jasper, green and red

Dimensions:

24.5 × 19.5 × 5.5 mm

Iconography:

Anguipes, cock-headed; armour; shield with Ἰάω; whip

Divine Names & Voces:

Ἰάω; voces, unidentified; vocales

Red and green jasper (heliotrope). Transverse oval, both sides flat (Shape 8–9). Intact, save for minor chips at the lower edge. Mounted in a modern gilded setting.

Side A: Figure of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour. There is a shield in the figure's left hand, half hidden behind his body and inscribed with the word ιαω → Ἰάω. He holds a whip in his raised right hand. Greek inscription in the free field on both sides of the figure; on the left: υυυ|υωω|επου|θου → vocales and unidentified voces; on the right: εειηη|ωιηη|ιη|χα|μ|φ|υ → vocales and unidentified voces.
Side B: Five lines of Greek inscription: λαζον|μεεπουθ|οχαμιιιιη|ιηιηιιιιαη|αηαη → unidentified voces and vocales.

Selected bibliography
• Brandt, AGD I >>, no. 2912.