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Coin Mold
Gal. Val. Maximinus DaiaRoman Period, 307-324 AD
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum
Chicago, United States
Roman coins were minted by striking a molten piece of metal in a die that was carved with the coin's design. Counterfeiters would use genuine coins to make pottery molds like this example, then use the molds to case forgeries.
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Details
- Title: Coin Mold
- Creator: Gal. Val. Maximinus Daia
- Date Created: Roman Period, 307-324 AD
- Physical Location: Chicago, IL
- Location Created: Oxyrhynchus, Egypt
- Physical Dimensions: 3.2 x 2.8 x .7 cm
- Provenance: Share of finds from the Egypt Exploration Fund in 1903-1904
- Type: Coin (Mold)
- Rights: © ISAC Museum
- External Link: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, ISACM E7908, D. 28155
- Medium: Clay, Baked
- Photographer: Anna R. Ressman
- Photograph Registration Number: D. 28155
- Object Registration Number: ISACM E7908
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