BnF Rostowzew and Prou 90

Physical Description

• Axis: 12

• Measurements

  • Diameter: 16
  • Weight: 3.94

Typological Description

Source: TURS 1143

• Object Type: Token

• Date Range

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

• Geographic

  • Region: Gallia (Uncertain value)

Findspot Description

• Findspot

  • Description: M. de Saulcy attributed to the token to Orléans, but gave no indication of provenance. There is nothing to support his attribution (the legend AVRE is common and need not refer to the civitas Aurelianorum), but Rostovtzeff and Prou nonetheless assigned the token to Gaul, on the basis that de Saulcy based his attribution on a knowledge of the provenance.
  • Findspot: Aquitaine Gaul (Roman province) (France)

References

• Reference: Rostowzew, M. and M. Prou (1900). Catalogue des plombs de l'antiquité. Paris, Chez C. Rollin et Feuardent.
• Reference: https://zenon.dainst.org/Record/AT000775992

Administrative History

• Collection: bnf
• Owner: Formerly M. de Saulcy.

Rights

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