Mondello 2021 specimen no. 4

Physical Description

• Measurements

  • Diameter: 19
  • Weight: 2.22

Typological Description

Source: Mondello 2021 type no. 4

• Object Type: Token

• Date Range

  • From Date: 404
  • To Date: 408

• Geographic

  • Mint: Rome
  • Region: Italy
• Manufacture: Struck
• Shape: Circle
• Material: Bronze

• Reverse

  • Symbol: XIIII incised in the exergue

References

• Reference: J.P.C. Kent, ‘The fifth century bronze coinage of Honorius in Italy and Gaul’, RIN 90, (1988), pp. 281–94.
• 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), pp. 130-131, no. 4, pl. 27.4.

Administrative History

• Collection: British Museum
• Identifier: 1844,0425.2592

Description

Notes

• Note: The piece was once part of the 6th Duke of Devonshire William George Spencer Cavendish’s collection (1790–1858), and was acquired in 1844 by the British Museum.

Rights

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