The British Museum 1940,0401.57

Physical Description

• Measurements

  • Diameter: 14
  • Weight: 2.04

Typological Description

Source: ASINA type no. 8

• Object Type: Token

• Date Range

  • From Date: 395 AD
  • To Date: 423
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Bronze
• Shape: Circle

• Geographic

  • Mint: Rome
  • Region: Italy

References

• Reference: Martinetti and Nervegna, Médailles grecques et romaines. Aes grave, 18 Novembre 1907 et les jours suivants (Paris 1907), lot 2100.
• Reference: A. Hess, Römische Münzen, Sammlungen F. A. Walters und P. H. Webb, Montag, den 9. Mai 1932 und folgende Tage, lot 2768.
• Reference: A. Alföldi, 'Asina. Eine dritte Gruppe heidnischer Neujahrsmünzen im spätantiken Rom', GNS 2 (7), 1951, pp. 57-66.
• Reference: C. Mondello, ‘Re-reading the So-called «Asina tokens»: Religious Diversity in Late Antiquity’, AJN 32 (2020), p. 278, no. 9, Pl. 24.8.

Administrative History

• Collection: British Museum
• Identifier: 1940,0401.57

Notes

• Note: Pierced at 11 o’clock on the obverse.

Rights

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