Fragment of a mould half; all that remains are the cavities for two circular tokens of 20mm decorated with head of Serapis.
Reference
Spagnoli, E. (2017). Un nucleo di piombi 'monetiformi' da Ostia, Terme dei Cisiarii (II.II.3): problematiche interpretative e quadro di circolazione. Per un contributo di storia economica e di archeologia della produzione tra II e III secolo d.C. Annali dell'Instituto Italiano di Numismatica 63: pl. VI, 6.
Fragment of a mould half for 4 lead circular tokens (12mm) decorated with a small altar (?) in the centre. Central casting channel and casting branches coming off it.
MVNICIP PAX IVVENT SECVRIT M ACILI FELICIT: A mould half for 9 circular tokens of differing designs. On the right the designs are: Mars, armed standing right holding spear in right hand and shield in left (18mm), Victory advancing right holding wreath and palm (18mm), MVN/ICIP (18mm), PAX (15mm). On the left the types are: IVV/ENT (18mm), SECV/RIT (18mm), M/ACILI (18mm), Victory riding right in a biga holding wreath (18mm) and FELI/CIT. There is a central channel.
Reference
Rostowzew, M. (1903). Tesserarum urbis romae et suburbi. St. Petersburg.
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.
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)
Fragment of a mould half. All that is left is the remnants of the part for one circular token of 20mm decorated with Aequitas holding cornucopia and a pair of scales.
Reference
Spagnoli, E. (2017). Un nucleo di piombi 'monetiformi' da Ostia, Terme dei Cisiarii (II.II.3): problematiche interpretative e quadro di circolazione. Per un contributo di storia economica e di archeologia della produzione tra II e III secolo d.C. Annali dell'Instituto Italiano di Numismatica 63: pl. VI. 5
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.
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)
P: Mould half for 6 circular tokens, all incised with the letter P. 4 token moulds preserved on one side of the central casting channel, and 2 token moulds on the other.
Reference
Giornale degli Scavi no. 3 1910 p. 73, NSc. 1910, p. 185
IV: Hexagonal shaped mould half for two sets of five tokens of 10mm (circular? - shape not given in the publication) with the letters IV, and all with canals/branches.
Reference
Giornale degli Scavi no. 6 1913 p. 234, NSc. 1913, 299
QA PIN ITIRO: Mould half for 10 tokens: 5 circular tokens of 17mm with the design ‘Figure standing left holding sceptre or spear in left hand and branch in right (producing a mirror image), QA PIN ITIRO around’. Only half remains of the fifth token in the top left. Also 4 circular tokens of 10mm (blank) with casting channels and 1 for a circular token of 17mm with dolphin left (producing the mirror image) and casting channel. A hole for a nail is visible on the lower right. Unworked reverse.
ΦΛ: Mould for two types of token. On the left of the central casting channel are triangular tokens of 9 mm carrying the legend ΦΛ, and on the right square tokens (7x6mm) showing a figure carrying a pole in their left hand and with their right outstretched.
Reference
Giornale degli Scavi no. 6, 1913, p. 40, NSc. 1913, 132
Mould for casting 5 circular tokens showing Fortuna standing left holding cornucopia and rudder. A central casting canal and channels are present, with nails in the top right and lower left corners.
Reference
Frel, Jiří. Antiquities in the J. Paul Getty Museum: A Checklist; Sculpture II: Greek Portraits and Varia (Malibu: J. Paul Getty Museum, November 1979), p. 39, no. V84 (where wrongly cited as 75.AA.111)., Liu, Robert K., and Derek J. Content. "Ancient Jewelry Molds," Ornament. Quarterly of Jewelry and Personal Adornment 4,1 (April 1979), pp. 30-39, p. 38; fig. 23., http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/7280/unknown-maker-mold-for-casting-tokens-roman-2nd-century/
Rostowzew, M. and M. Prou (1900). Catalogue des plombs de l'antiquité. Paris, Chez C. Rollin et Feuardent., https://zenon.dainst.org/Record/AT000775992