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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 1701168, member: 9204&quot;]When it comes to tesserae bearing architectural types, there are very few options for the collector to seek out. Aside from a few rare Roman issues, and the relatively common distyle temple types from Oxyrhynchus in Egypt, the only chance for a collector to acquire a lead tessera showing a building is to find a new, unpublished type. So of course I had to jump on this one! </p><p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18271/Lanz21.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>IONIA, Ephesos</b>. 2nd-3rd centuries AD</p> <p style="text-align: center">PB Tessera (19mm, 4.90 g)</p> <p style="text-align: center">Togate figure standing left, sacrificing at altar before <i>tholos </i>containing cult statue</p> <p style="text-align: center">Blank</p> <p style="text-align: center">Gülbay &amp; Kireç -; Hirsch 279, lot 4922</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">The engraver of this die betrays no small skill in his execution of the obverse type; the circular shrine is shown in perspective, with the columns arranged so as to suggest distance while still leaving room for the statue to be visible. I was surprised to find that another specimen from different, though equally elegant dies had recently sold in a Hirsch auction, there misidentified as a “bleiplombe,” or lead seal.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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