Palatine Mould 1

Obverse: VF - Mould for 9 circular tokens of c. 7mm, with casting channels and the remnants of iron nails in the top left and lower right corners. All the tokens carry the same design: V.F.

Physical Description

Measurements
- Height: 67
- Thickness: 28
- Width: 63

Typological Description

Source: Rome Mould 1

Object Type: Mould
Date Range
- From Date: 50 B.C.
- To Date: A.D. 68
Material: Palombino Marble
Geographic
- Region: Italy

Findspot Description

Findspot
- Description: Rome (Palatine). Excavations (with stratigraphy) in the NE corner of the Palatine, in the Curiae Veteres. This mould was found in Area II of the NE Palatine excavations, near the wall in a layer associated with the spoliation of the pre-imperial curia after the fire of Nero.
- Findspot: Rome (Palatine Hill) Italy
- Point
  - Coordinates: 41.891775, 12.486137

References

Reference: Pardini, G., M. Piacentini, A. C. Felici, M. L. Santarelli and S. Santucci (2016). Matrici per tessere plumbee dalle pendici nord-orientali del Palatino. Nota preliminare. Le regole del gioco tracce archeologi racconti. Studi in onore di Clementina Panella. A. F. Ferrandes and G. Pardini, Edizioni Quasar: 649-667. (http://zenon.dainst.org/Record/001478955)

Administrative History

Repository: PNE 2013 II, US 20709 (Neronian period, AD 64-68), s.f.n. 8563, inv. SSCol n. 583738.

Rights

CopyrightHolder: University of Warwick