Coins in Clay

I find this very exciting because I’ve argued elsewhere for a close relationship between the stamped black glaze pottery (vernice nera with petites estampilles) and numismatic images. I think that the potter actually press the coin into the mold and then used that mold to make these cups.

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So there is a second one of these in Brussels about which I’ve blogged before.

And now I’ve found one in the Louvre. (7/21/26 update)

How were these things made? I have questions.