Bricault & Mondello specimen no. I53.1

Obverse: VOTA P-VBLICA - Draped bust of Isis l., wearing a basileion and holding a sistrum in her r. hand

Reverse: VOTA P-VBLICA - Isis standing r. on galley with oars sailing r., head turned back l., wearing a basileion, with drapery billowing behind her and holding sail in both hands

Physical Description

Measurements
- Diameter: 21
- Weight: 2.34
Axis: 12

Typological Description

Source: Bricault & Mondello type no. 227

Object Type: Token
Date Range
- From Date: 361 AD
- To Date: 394 AD
Manufacture: Struck
Shape: Circle
Geographic
- Mint: Rome
- Region: Italy

References

Reference: A. Alföldi, Isis-szertartások Rómában a negyedik század keresztény császárai alatt = A Festival of Isis in Rome under the Christian Emperors of the IVth Century (Dissertationes Pannonicae ex Instituto Numismatico et Archaeologico Universitatis de Petro Pàzmàny Nominatae Budapestinensis Provenientes, Series II, 7), Budapest 1937, no. 334, pls. X, 7, and XVIII, 23.

Administrative History

Identifier: Mt. Rom. Imp. Helena Iuliani 32
Collection: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (BAV)

Description

Pierced at about 3 o’clock.

Rights

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

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