trial_description_8:
Complete.
Circular with flat top. Vertical flange on underside bent, when cap was removed.
Stamp in relief on the upper surface: Confronted busts of two negroes, probably bearded, with woolly hair. Drapery, as of tunics, encircles their necks. Inscription around edge "THERIACA FINA ALI DVE MORI VEN ".
Reverse: plain.
No later than the 15th c. A.D.
Cf. AM 29, AM 339.
Cf. Klein, “Theriak-Kapseln und kein Ende,” Festschrift Ilisch p. 288-289.
Cf. Corinth XII, nos 2833-2834, p. 329, pl. 134.