Mutina 1 (Benassi, Giordani, and Poggi 2003)

Obverse: Sexual scene of oral sex. A nude male reclines left on a kline with his right arm raised over his head; a nude figure is seated facing right before him, holding the first figure's phallus in their right hand.
Reverse: V - Number within dotted border within wreath.

Physical Description

  • Axis: 1

  • Measurements

    • Weight: 4.20

Typological Description

Source: Simonetta and Riva Scene 15 V (=Buttrey 1973 A6 V)

  • Object Type: Token

  • Date Range

    • From Date: 27 BC
    • To Date: 57 AD
  • Manufacture: Struck
  • Material: Orichalcum
  • Shape: circle

  • Geographic

Findspot Description

  • Findspot

    • Description: Mutina, tomb 151. The 'spintria' was made of copper and covered in gold leaf; it is likely a contemporary (ancient) imitation. Four other coins were also found, RIC Augustus 207 (Gaius and Lucius Caesares), RPC I 1154, RIC Caligula for Augustus 56, RIC Claudius 113. The tomb dates to the first half of the first century AD.
    • Findspot: Modena (Italy)

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Rights

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

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