Lepcis Magna Gasr-Gelda 1

Physical Description

• Measurements

  • Diameter: 19.8
  • Weight: 1.4
• Shape: circle

Typological Description

Source: Cohen VIII p. 272 no. 55

• Object Type: Token
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Orichalcum

• Date Range

  • From Date: 50 AD
  • To Date: A.D. 150

• Geographic

  • Mint: Rome
  • Region: Italy

Findspot Description

• Findspot

  • Description: Lepcis Magna, Gasr-Gelda hypogeum (necropolis). Excavations of a disturbed hypogeum tomb. The token was found in the north room (the south room had already been emptied). The materials from the tomb date its use from the Flavian period (AD 69) until around the middle of the second century AD.
  • Findspot: Lepcis Magna (Africa)

  • Point

    • Coordinates: 32.6379575, 14.291378

References

• Reference: Di Vita-Evrard, G., L. Musso, F. Mallegni and S. Fontana (1996). L'ipogeo dei Flavi a Leptis Magna presso Gasr Gelda. Libya Antiqua 2: 85-134. (https://zenon.dainst.org/Record/000616136)

Notes

• Note: Although the type is known in orichalcum, this particular specimen is reported as being made of copper.

Rights

• CopyrightHolder: University of Warwick