TURS 659

Typological Description

  • Object Type: Token

  • Date Range

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

  • Obverse

    • Type: Four legged animal (rhinoceros?), standing right.

  • Reverse

    • Type: Retrograde legend.
    • Legend: SPS

  • Geographic

References

Notes

  • Note: Rostovtzeff suggested it was an elephant or a rhinoceros. On the basis of TURS 658 (same legend, but not retrograde), its likely to be intended as a representation of a rhinoceros.