Ashmolean Roman Token 23

Physical Description

• Axis: 11

• Measurements

  • Diameter: 15
  • Weight: 2.41

Typological Description

Source: Rowan 2020 no. 23

• Object Type: Token

• Date Range

  • From Date: 1 AD
  • To Date: 300 AD
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Bronze
• Shape: circle

• Obverse

  • Deity: Hermes/Mercury

• Geographic

  • Region: Italy

Findspot Description

• Findspot

  • Description: Rome, Tevere. From the dredging of the Tiber between 1965 and 1975. King reports they were found as a group in the river some way below Rome, apparently at the site of an ancient smelting works (the course of the river having shifted) which also produced many larger bronze coins, quadrantes, nails, fish hooks, needles, surgical instruments, and broken pieces of statuary.
  • Findspot: Rome (Italy)

References

• Reference: Rowan, C. (2020 forthcoming). The Roman tokens in the Ashmolean Museum. Numismatic Chronicle 180.
• Reference: King, C. E. (1975). Quadrantes from the river Tiber. Numismatic Chronicle 15: 56-90.

Administrative History

• Collection: Ashmolean Museum

Rights

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