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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 1824861, member: 9204&quot;]I have yet to see someone convincingly argue that tesserae served as tickets. In fact, whenever new lead coinages are published, the authors carefully evaluate the pieces and build a convincing argument for their use, and then illogically backtrack and say they were probably tickets, for no conceivable reason. The tickets hypothesis persists from sheer momentum. </p><p><br /></p><p>Why would someone go through the expense of having dies engraved and coins struck, even in such a cheap metal, for mere tokens? A crudely stamped piece of lead (or papyrus or ceramics) would be just as effective. Furthermore, I would expect some form of validation once the tickets were redeemed. Think of how a train conductor flourishes his hole punch. I do have one example that I think could have functioned this way:</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18271/cross1.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 (15mm, 2.66 g)</p> <p style="text-align: center">Deeply punched cross shape with two additional annular punches</p> <p style="text-align: center">Blank</p> <p style="text-align: center">Gülbay &amp; Kireç 153 (lacking the two annular punches)</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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