simonetta.riva_1981.15.VIII
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Simonetta and Riva Scene 15 VIII (=Buttrey 1973 A6 VIII)
Token
27 BC
57 AD
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Orichalcum
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Sexual scene of oral sex. A nude male reclines left on a kline with his right arm raised over his head; a nude figure is seated facing right before him, holding the first figure's phallus in their right hand.
Number within dotted border within wreath.
Italy
Simonetta, B. and R. Riva (1981). Le tessere erotiche romane (spintriae). Lugano, Gaggini-Bizzozero SA.
https://zenon.dainst.org/Record/000151547
Buttrey, T. (1973). The spintriae as a historical source. Numismatic Chronicle 13: 52-63.
https://zenon.dainst.org/Record/000459326