Cadeuceus and hands

Wow!!

 

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Exactly !

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The clasped hands is a very common motif on lead tesserae, occurring on pieces from Spain, the city of Rome, and Asia Minor. I would argue that this is due to the nature of the tesserae as small, private-issue coinage, with the hands representing the implicit agreement between the issuer of the tesserae and their users.

SPAIN
PB Tessera (12mm, 1.14 g, 12 h)
Clasped hands
Star over altar?
Unpublished

Found in Southern Spain


ROME
PB Tessera (20mm, 4.49 g, 12h)
Apollo standing facing, holding lyre
Clasped hands within wreath
Rostovtsev -; Scholz 382 (this coin)

Ex Trau Collection


ROME
PB Tessera (18mm, 2.99 g, 12h)
Palm frond and cornucopia
Clasped hands
Rostovtsev -; Scholz 1126 (this coin)

Ex Trau Collection



ROME
PB Tessera (19mm, 4.09 g, 12 g)
Fortuna standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Clasped hands
Rostowzew 2196; München 388-90; BM 567, 575



ROME
PB Tessera (14mm, 2.03 g, 12 h)
Mercury standing facing, holding bag and caduceus
Clasped hands
Rostowzew 2677​

 

Those are fascinating and very, very nice!

 

I have about 250 more like that.

 

I do not have one of these. I do have my eye on one though. A very interesting coin. I find the civil war denarii quite interesting.

 

About 250 more than me. Not that I don't want one or two.

 

229 in gallery now, with a bunch not photographed or cataloged yet, with only two or three duplicates.

http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=2267

 

I DON'T HAVE ANY HANDS!

 

Awesome new OP-coin, Mentor ... sadly, I'm in the same situation as chrsmat (*sigh*)

 

No hand but many hooves?

 

The Robot Devil has them!

 

Cool hands all, my two

 

Wow ! the Crispina is very nice !

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