Heliotrope gem in modern gold mount: Male figure (A) scorpion (B)

PP-ID:

PP-4319

Classification:

gem, magical

Collection ID:

DE-München-Münzsammlung_2692

Collection:

München, Staatliche Münzsammlung

Collection Inventory:

2692

Reference Numbers:

CBd, no. 4319

Material:

jasper, green and red

Dimensions:

11 × 9 × 3 mm

Iconography:

male figure; mantle; cornucopia; patera; altar; scorpion

Green jasper with red flecks (heliotrope); upright oval, both faces flat. (Shape 8–9). Set in a modern gold mount.

Side A: Male figure standing to right, mantle around his waist and thrown over his right arm. He holds a cornucopia in his right hand and a patera above a burning altar in the left.
Side B: Scorpion viewed from above, crawling to top.

Selected bibliography
• Brandt, AGD I >>, no. 2692.

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2025.08.10 21:05:15

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