Classica et Christiana, 16/1, 2021 /327-341
“Tonmodel und Reliefmedaillons aus den Donauländern”: un’attestazione da Barboşi (Galaţi) [“Tonmodel und Reliefmedaillons aus den Donauländern”: an evidence from Barboşi (Galaţi)]
Alessandro TEATINI
ABSTRACT
“Tonmodel und Reliefmedaillons aus den Donauländern”: an evidence from Barboşi (Galaţi). An interesting object exhibited in the Museum of History at Galaţi and found in one of the cemeteries near the castellum of Barboşi can be identified as a clay medallion that falls into a class of materials first analyzed by A. Alföldi and including also circular molds. The most recent studies on this class confirmed, on the one hand, its prevalent (but not exclusive) diffusion in the Danubian provinces, while on the other they revised the early interpretation that related them to the production of sweets. In the light of these updated considerations, this medallion that came to light more than half a century ago has been analyzed here, putting forward new proposals for the interpretation both on its nature and on the characteristics of its relief decoration.
KEYWORDS
Barboşi, castellum, clay medallions, Danubian provinces