Mondello 2021 specimen no. 1

Typological Description

Source: Mondello 2021 type no. 1

• Object Type: Token

• Date Range

  • From Date: 404
  • To Date: 408
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Bronze
• Shape: Circle

• Reverse

  • Symbol: Symbols engraved on either side: II in l. field, P in r. field.

• Geographic

  • Mint: Rome
  • Region: Italy

References

• Reference: Glendining & Co., Ltd., H.P. Hall Sale, 16–17, 20–21 November 1950, lot 2190.
• Reference: Roman Imperial Coinage X, 1272 n.
• Reference: R. Göbl, Antike Numismatik. Band 2: Fussnoten zum Gesamtwerk, Literaturverzeichnis, Stichwortverzeichnis, Katalog, Tafeln und Tabellen, München 1978, p. 130, no. 99, Taf. 9.
• Reference: C. Mondello, 'The Cult of the Saints and Roman Communities under the Theodosians: Social and Religious Memory on Early Christian Tesserae', Numismatic Chronicle 181 (2021), p. 130, no. 1, pl. 27.1.

Notes

• Note: The specimen was once part of Wilhelm Fröhner’s collection (1834–1925), and then came into Henry Platt Hall’s collection (1863–1949). The auction catalogue used for the sale of Hall’s collection in 1950, which is kept at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, has a handwritten annotation that indicates Spink as the buyer of the token (Glendining, 1950, p. 151). However, the piece has not appeared since in Spink’s auction catalogues and is currently no longer traceable.

Rights

• CopyrightHolder: The institution where the token is housed.
• License: All images are copyright of their respective institutions (images)