Ashmolean Token 107

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Obverse: Head of Hermes wearing petasus right.

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Reverse: Male head right, probably Perseus, wearing helmet with cheek guards.

Physical Description

Axis: 12
Measurements
- Diameter: 18
- Weight: 4.36

Typological Description

Object Type: Token
Manufacture: Struck
Material: Lead
Shape: circle
Obverse
- Deity: Hermes/Mercury
Reverse
- Deity: Perseus (Uncertain value)

References

Reference: Rowan, C. (2020 forthcoming). The Roman tokens in the Ashmolean Museum. Numismatic Chronicle 180.

Administrative History

Collection: Ashmolean Museum

Notes

Note: Perhaps Athenian, of Hellenistic or Roman date? No exact parallels known, but Hermes and related iconography are common on Athenian tokens of the Hellenistic and Roman Period. Perseus is also attested cf. Postolakas, 1880, no. 85a (the obverse).

Rights

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