Palatine Mould 2

Obverse: C - Mould for casting 9 square tokens of c. 5mm in diameter, all engraved with the same legend. There are casting channels and the remains of nails in the top left and lower right corners.

Physical Description

Measurements
- Height: 127
- Thickness: 29
- Width: 75

Typological Description

Source: Rome Mould 2

Object Type: Mould
Date Range
- From Date: 50 B.C.
- To Date: A.D. 138
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 2006 II, US 2760 (Hadrianic), s.f.n. 8680, inv. SSCol n. 583739

Notes

Note: The mould had casting residue left in the channel.

Rights

CopyrightHolder: University of Warwick