Onyx gem: Isis-Tyche with Nike (A) Ἰάω, unidentified signs (B)

PP-ID:

PP-4311

Classification:

gem, magical

Collection ID:

DE-München-Münzsammlung_2919

Collection:

München, Staatliche Münzsammlung

Collection Inventory:

2919 (A. 2365)

Reference Numbers:

Michel, DMG, no. 17.2.c_1; CBd, no. 4311

Former Collections:

Fels Collection (Korfu); Stützel Collection (München)

Material:

onyx (banded)

Dimensions:

12.7 × 9.7 × 1.9 mm

Iconography:

Isis-Tyche; unspecified long dress; modius; cornucopia; rudder; stalks of grain (2); Nike; wreath; palm branch

Divine Names & Voces:

Ἰάω; sign, unidentified

Blue onyx with a white band; transverse oval, both sides flat. (Shape 8–9). Chipping at the edge.
Previously in the Fels Collection on Corfu, then in the Stützel Collection in München.

Side A: Isis-Tyche standing on the left, in a long dress and crowned with the modius. There is a cornucopia in her right hand, and two stalks of grain and a steering oar in her left. Winged Nike stands on the right, also in a long dress, holding a wreath in her right hand and a large palm branch in her left.
Side B: Greek inscription on the left: ιαω → Ἰάω. Unidentified signs on the right.