Ostia Alobrandini Mould 1

Obverse: Mould half for 7 tokens showing an eagle. The shape of the tokens is not given, the presumption is they are circular.

Typological Description

Object Type: Mould
Date Range
- From Date: 1 AD
- To Date: 300 AD
Material: Palombino Marble
Geographic
- Region: Italy

Findspot Description

Findspot
- Description: Ostia 1917-1918. Excavations of the land that formerly belonged to the Aldobrandini family and which was acquired through expropriation.
- Findspot: Ostia (Italy)
- Point
  - Coordinates: 41.754855, 12.287656

References

Administrative History

Collection: Ostia Antiquarium

Notes

Note: This is very probably Ostia Antiquarium inv. 12544, which is a mould have for 7 circular tokens showing an eagle with wings spread.

Rights

CopyrightHolder: University of Warwick