Harvard Art Museums > 2008.116.6: Lead Token Tokens Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Lead Token , 2008.116.6,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 20, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/146332. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2008.116.6 Title Lead Token Classification Tokens Work Type token Date 1-300 Period Roman period Culture Roman Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/146332 Physical Descriptions Medium Lead Technique Cast Dimensions 3.51 g, 1.47 cm (9/16 in.) State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number TURS 563 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University Accession Year 2008 Object Number 2008.116.6 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Obverse: representation of a long oval object decorated with five pellets Reverse: a ring with two strigils hanging down on either side of a container of oil (aryballos) Commentary This is a known type [1], the identification and meaning of which is debated: the identification of the obverse image (oval object with five pellets) is not agreed on: it has been identified as a loaf of bread [2] (pertaining to grain distribution) or teets of a sow [3] (satirical comment on patron-client relations?). Clare Rowan has noted that it also has the shape of a shield. The reverse image of strigils and aryballos pertains to Roman bathing. [1] E.g., Type TURS 563, in Rostovtzeff, M. (1903). Tesserarum urbis romae et suburbi plumbearum sylloge.St. Pétersbourg: Commissionnaires de l'Académie impériale des sciences. See examples of the type in the University of Warwick database, Tokens of the Ancient Mediterranean: https://coins.warwick.ac.uk/token-types/id/TURS563 [2] Scholz, J. (1893). "Römische Bleitesserae," Numismatische Zeitschrift bd. 25. p. 45, no. 457-458, pl III. [3] Type 764, in Turcan, R. (1987). Nigra Moneta. Sceaux, jetons, tesseres, amulettes, plombs monétaires ou monétiformes, objects divers en plomb ou en etain d'époque romaine conservés au musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon. Lyon, Diffusion de Boccard. Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
