Tuba on Silver Dish

Iconography | IC019

Find Spot: Kaiseraugst near Basel, Switzerland

Date of Illustration: 350/353 CE

Current Location: Römermuseum, Augst, Switzerland

Description: Player blows slightly curved single-coned tuba with cord/wire from mouthpiece to bell. Dish made and signed by Pansylyppus of Thessalonika found in association with silver ingots marked with the stamp of Magnentius 350 to 353 CE.

Citations: Bacon 1971: 28; Kent 1977: 44, No. 80; Laur-Belart 1967: 8

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