TURS 1798

Typological Description

  • Object Type: Token

  • Date Range

    • From Date: 1 AD
    • To Date: 300 AD
  • Manufacture: Cast
  • Material: Lead
  • Shape: circle

  • Obverse

    • Type: Female figure (Hilaritas?) with cornucopia in left hand, standing left before a palm tree.

  • Reverse

    • Type: Helmeted Minerva standing left holding serpent-entwined staff in left hand and resting right on shield.

  • Geographic

References

Notes

  • Note: Rostovtzeff described the female figure as Hilaritas holding a palm tree, but the specimen in the British Museum (BMCRLT 300) seems to suggest she is standing before the tree.