The British Museum 1922,0317.164.b

Physical Description

• Measurements

  • Diameter: 15
  • Weight: 1.25

Typological Description

Source: ASINA type no. 7

• Object Type: Token

• Date Range

  • From Date: 395 AD
  • To Date: 423

• Geographic

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

References

• Reference: A. Alföldi, 'Asina. Eine dritte Gruppe heidnischer Neujahrsmünzen im spätantiken Rom', GNS 2 (7), 1951, p. 59.
• Reference: C. Mondello, ‘Re-reading the So-called «Asina tokens»: Religious Diversity in Late Antiquity’, AJN 32 (2020), pp. 277-278, no. 8, Pl. 24.7.

Administrative History

• Collection: British Museum
• Identifier: 1922,0317.164.b

Notes

• Note: Pierced at 12 o’clock on the reverse.

Rights

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