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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 1668662, member: 9204&quot;]Doug, I think you would find it interesting to compare your first coin to a tessera in my collection.</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/normal_00005x00.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>ROME</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b></b>1st-3rd century AD</p> <p style="text-align: center">PB Tessera (19mm, 3.15 g, 12 h)</p> <p style="text-align: center">Togate priest standing left, holding patera</p> <p style="text-align: center">Modius with three grain ears, A C flanking</p> <p style="text-align: center">Rostowzew 1571 var. (size, no modius)</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">AC may stand for “<i>Antoninus Caesar</i>”, thereby making the togate figure the emperor in the guise of Pontifex Maximus. The presence of a modius also suggests a relation to the annona, implying a reading of “<i>Annona Caesaris</i>.”</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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