Bibliothèque nationale de France 6

Obverse: D N VA […] S (?) P F AVG - Draped and diademed bust of a Roman emperor (Valentinian II or III?), right.

Reverse: Donkey standing right suckling a foal, with a scorpion above.

Typological Description

Source: ASINA type no. 6

Object Type: Token
Date Range
- From Date: 375 AD
- To Date: 455
Manufacture: Struck
Shape: Circle
Material: Bronze
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, p. 114, no. 7.
Reference: C. Mondello, ‘Re-reading the So-called «Asina tokens»: Religious Diversity in Late Antiquity’, AJN 32 (2020), p. 277, no. 6.

Administrative History

Collection: BnF

Notes

Note: Once held in the BnF; now lost. This specimen is only known through the description provided by H. Cohen (1892).

Rights

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

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