Bibliothèque nationale de France 4

Physical Description

• Measurements

  • Diameter: 12
  • Weight: 1.80
• Shape: Circle
• Conservation State:

Typological Description

Source: ASINA type no. 4

• 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: H. Cohen, Description Historique des Monnaies frappées sous l’empire romain communément appelées médailles imperials, VIII, Paris 1892, p. 322, no. 402.
• Reference: F. Lenzi, 'Di alcune medaglie religiose del IV secolo', Bilychnis 2, 1913, pp. 113-131.
• Reference: A. Alföldi, 'Asina II. Weitere heidnische Neujahrsmünzen aus dem spätantiken Rom', GNS 2 (8), 1951, pp. 92-96.
• Reference: C. Mondello, ‘Re-reading the So-called «Asina tokens»: Religious Diversity in Late Antiquity’, AJN 32 (2020), p. 276, no. 4, Pl. 23.4.

Administrative History

• Department: BnF

Notes

• Note: Now lost. A photo of the piece was published by Alföldi (1951), who was still able to examine the token.

Rights

• CopyrightHolder: University of Warwick