Brickstamp, Rome Alison E. Cooley AEC/ASHL AN1872.1541.xml Oxford Ashmolean Museum AN1872.1541 AshLI 239 Coll. Ref: 57 Roman catalogue: 421

A complete circular brickstamp, in good condition. The stamp is currently not accessible for measuring.

There is one line of text around the edge of the stamp, and in the centre is a man’s bust (most likely Mercury) holding a caduceus. There are triangular interpuncts.

 The stamp is currently not accessible for measuring. Dressel (in CIL) reports that it was found on the via Tiburtina, in the ager Veranus (the area of modern S. Lorenzo). AD c.120 (Dressel in CIL) This brickstamp was part of a collection of brickstamps from Rome, Ostia, and Portus given to the Ashmolean by J.H. Parker, Keeper of Antiquities in the Ashmolean Museum (1870-84), after a visit to Rome in the winter months of 1871/2. It is currently on display in the Rome Gallery. Photograph
Qunti Oppi Natalis

Of Quintus Oppius Natalis.

Q. Oppius Natalis worked for the consular Cn. Domitius Tullus (Steinby 1974-75: p.52).

Ashmolean Museum Department of Antiquities MS Accession Register 1872.1541 (57); CIL XV, 1 no.1346 a5 (from an impression sent by Waldstein) (Dressel 1891)

Online: EDCS-41600145 [accessed 22/05/15]

Steinby M. 1974-75 La cronologia delle figlinae doliari urbane Bullettino della commissione archeologica comunale di Roma 84 25-132