Bricault & Mondello specimen no. S151.1

Obverse: DEO-SA-RAPIDI - Draped and bearded bust of Serapis r., wearing a modius, holding a scepter over his l. shoulder (?), and raising his r. hand

Reverse: VOTA P-VBLICA - Isis and Nephthys, standing facing one another, both winged and wearing uraeus crown, holding uncertain objects in each hand

Physical Description

Measurements
- Diameter: 20
- Weight: 2.83
Axis: 12

Typological Description

Source: Bricault & Mondello type no. 149

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. 179, pls. VIII, 35, and XVI, 37.

Administrative History

Collection: Museo Nazionale Romano
Identifier: 102022

Notes

Note: Pierced at 12 o’clock.
Note: The obverse type is uncertain due to the poor condition of the token. It cannot be excluded that the obverse-reverse combination matches Bricault & Mondello type no. 151 (= OT49 + RT51).

Rights

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

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