Object photograph·fol. 36r

Coins arranged in eight wooden trays

Eight wooden trays of small round coins in circular recesses, photographed from above, mounted on an album page. — Photograph: Lawrence-Cesnola album, 1881. Wellcome Collection, London, fol. 36r. Public domain (Public Domain Mark).

Description

Eight shallow wooden trays are arranged in two rows of four on a dark ground. Each tray holds rows of round recesses, and a small coin sits in most of them, some turned face up and others lying at angles. The coins are small and similar in size, and the trays fill the frame evenly. The album page border and an ornamental panel are visible at the left edge.

English

Coins arranged in eight wooden trays: one of the sixty photographs of finds from Alexander Palma di Cesnola's excavations of 1876–1879 mounted in the album, on fol. 36r.