Token Specimens from the Ancient Mediterranean: Bricault & Mondello specimen no. E11.1

Obverse: IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG - Laureate and cuirassed bust of Constantine I r., wearing a paludamentum

Reverse: V[OTA P]VBLICA - Isis and Anubis on galley sailing l.; Isis stands l. on the stern wearing a basileion and holding a sistrum in her r. hand; behind her Anubis stands l. on the prow, head turned back r., holding a branch in his r. hand and a scepter in his l.

Physical Description

Measurements
- Diameter: 21
- Weight: 3.52
Axis: 12

Typological Description

Source: Bricault & Mondello type no. 20

Object Type: Token
Date Range
- From Date: 314 AD
- To Date: 315 AD
Manufacture: Struck
Shape: Circle
Authority
- Authority: Constantine I
- - Dynasty: Constantinian Dynasty
  - State: Roman Empire
Geographic
- Mint: Rome
- Region: Italy

References

Reference: L. Ramskold, ‘A die link study of Constantine’s pagan Festival of Isis tokens and affiliated coin-like ‘fractions’: chronology and relation to major imperial events’, JNG 66 (2016), no. 007.

Administrative History

Collection: BnF
Identifier: 1974/1040

Rights

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

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Bricault & Mondello specimen no. E11.1

Physical Description

Measurements

Typological Description

Date Range

Authority

Geographic

References

Administrative History

Rights

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