Rocca di Monfalcone 1

Obverse: Genius (?) standing left with a patera in one hand and cornucopia (?) in the other. Linear border.

Reverse: Hercules (?) standing right shooting an arrow? In the field left, the remains of letters? Linear border.

Physical Description

Axis: 12
Measurements
- Diameter: 14.8
- Weight: 2.11
Shape: circle

Typological Description

Object Type: Token
Date Range
- From Date: A.D. 1
- To Date: A.D. 300
Material: Lead
Obverse
- Deity: Genius
Reverse
- Deity: Herakles/Hercules
Geographic
- Region: Italy

Findspot Description

Findspot
- Description: Rocca di Monfalcone, fortification wall. No stratigraphic detail, excavations took place 1974-75 of the inner fortification wall. Two lead tokens and 12 coins were found; the coins range from Thurium (3rd century BC) to Venetian (1684).
- Findspot: Rocca di Monfalcone (Italy)
- Point
  - Coordinates: 45.812222, 13.5375

References

Reference: Visonà, P. (1980). Ritrovamenti monetali sulla Rocca di Monfalcone (1974-1975). Aquileia Nostra 51: 346-350.

Notes

Note: Visonà gives three references for similar tokens, but they are all different types. TURS 1613, 1620, RIN XV (1902) p. 153 no. 6, pl. VI, 16.

Rights

CopyrightHolder: University of Warwick