Tokens of the Ancient Mediterranean: ASINA type no. 7

Object Type: Token
Date Range
- From Date: 395 AD
- To Date: 423
Obverse
- Legend: D N HONORI-VS P F AVG
- Type: Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust of Honorius right.
Reverse
- Legend: ASINA
- Type: Donkey standing right suckling a foal.
Geographic
- Mint: Rome
- Region: Italy
Manufacture: Struck
Shape: Circle
Material: Bronze

Reference: H. Tanini, Numismatum Imperatorum Romanorum a Trajano Decio ad Constantinum Draconem ab Anselmo Bandurio editorum Supplementum, Romae 1791, p. 352, Tab. VIII.
Reference: F. Lenzi, 'Di alcune medaglie religiose del IV secolo', Bilychnis 2, 1913, pp. 113-131.
Reference: A. Alföldi, 'Asina. Eine dritte Gruppe heidnischer Neujahrsmünzen im spätantiken Rom', GNS 2 (7), 1951, pp. 57-66.
Reference: C. Mondello, ‘Re-reading the So-called «Asina tokens»: Religious Diversity in Late Antiquity’, AJN 32 (2020), pp. 277-278, nos. 07-08.

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ASINA type no. 7