TURS 563 (Turcan 764)

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Typological Description

  • Object Type: Token

  • Date Range

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

  • Obverse

    • Type: Long oval object decorated with five pellets.

  • Reverse

    • Type: Ring with two strigils and a container of oil (aryballos).

  • Geographic

References

Notes

  • Note: Misrecorded as a comic actor by Rostovtzeff. The identity of the object with the 5 pellets is still debated; Scholz identified it as a loaf of bread, while Turcan wondered whether it was the teets of a sow (a satiric comment from a patron to his client?). It also has the shape of a shield.

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BnF Rostowzew and Prou 146
Collection
Token Specimens from the Ancient Mediterranean
Axis
12
Diameter
13.0
Weight
3.15
BnF Rostowzew and Prou 147
Collection
Token Specimens from the Ancient Mediterranean
Axis
12
Diameter
13.0
Weight
3.07
BnF Rostowzew and Prou 148
Collection
Token Specimens from the Ancient Mediterranean
Axis
12
Diameter
13.0
Weight
3.31

Quantitative Analysis

Average measurements for this coin type:

Axis
12
Diameter
13
Weight
3.18

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