TOKENS AND WEIGHTS, 4th-6th centuries. Host coin a follis from the Commemorative Series, 330. Token (?) (Orichalcum, 14 mm, 1.45 g, 6 h), Constantinopolis. CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS Draped bust of Constantinopolis to right, wearing pearl diadem with semicircular extension and pearl necklace. Rev. P - R Pax standing front, head to left, holding olive branch in her right hand and transverse scepter in her left. Ramskold, Coins and medallions (2011), p. 140, fig. 8A-B. RIC 106 corr. ('Rome'). Edge serrated and with a cross cut onto the obverse. Beautiful earthen highlights on a dark patina, otherwise, very fine.



This medalette has been made into a gaming piece or weight. The edge is serrated and a cross has been filed into the obverse. Many regular coins have been altered in a similar way. Sometimes the weight corresponds to a solidus or a semissis, but for this example a gaming piece is perhaps more likely.