CoinsItalian18th-19th century
Lump of Lava Containing a Coin
18th-19th century
Description
Lump of hardened lava containing a tarnished bronze or copper coin. A man in left profile is faintly visible on the obverse.
Dimensions
3.5 x 7.5 x 7.2 cm (1 3/8 x 2 15/16 x 2 13/16 in.) unspecified: 140.6 g
Provenance
Harvard University Department of the Classics, Cambridge, MA, Transferred to the Fogg Art Museum, 1977.
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