Palatine Mould 3

Obverse: RF - Mould for 9 circular tokens, all with the same legend: RF. The mould has a central canal, but no casting branches off to the individual tokens. There are holes for nails in the top right and lower left corners.

Physical Description

Measurements
- Height: 84
- Thickness: 23
- Width: 79

Typological Description

Source: Rome Mould 3

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. Found in Area II of the NE Palatine excavations, in a medieval context associated with the spoliation of Neronian-Flavian materials (blocks). This suggests it is from the first century AD.
- 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 2007 II, US 2932 (late medieval period, XII-XV centuries), s.f.n. 6181, inv. SSCol n. 536345.

Rights

CopyrightHolder: University of Warwick