Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Palestrina no. 39

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Obverse: P - Mercury standing left with caduceus in left hand and purse in right; letter in field right.
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Reverse: Fortuna standing facing left holding cornucopia in left hand and rudder in right; behind her stands a nude male figure with right arm outstretched (Mercury?).

Physical Description

  • Axis: 12

  • Measurements

    • Diameter: 14
    • Weight: 2.30

Typological Description

Source: TURS 2641

  • Object Type: Token

  • Date Range

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

  • Geographic

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Administrative History

  • Acknowledgment: Per gentile concessione della Direzione Regionale Musei Lazio – Palestrina /Roma - Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Palestrina e Santuario della Fortuna Primigenia
  • Collection: Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Palestrina
  • Identifier: 113.10 (Pz.6)

Rights

  • CopyrightHolder: The institution where the token is housed.
  • License: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) (images)