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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 1824593, member: 9204&quot;]This is the first of several new additions that I want to share with you, and one that I acquired for much less than I was prepared to pay. The seller thought this piece showed a boring old head of Janus, but really, the obverse depicts the theater masks - much rarer and more interesting!</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18271/normal_masks1.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>IONIA, Ephesos</b></p> <p style="text-align: center">PB Tessera (12mm, 1.43 g)</p> <p style="text-align: center">Comedy and tragedy masks; AΞI below</p> <p style="text-align: center">The Charites (the Three Graces) standing, the left and right facing, the middle with back to view</p> <p style="text-align: center">Cf. Gülbay &amp; Kireç 140-2/53 (for obv./rev.)</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>Note: many will consider this type to be &quot;proof&quot; that the tesserae functioned as theater tickets. This is not necessarily the case, particularly as these types are found mixed with various obverse and reverse designs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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