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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2176347, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">Yah, I have great respect for our cool CNG coin-friend (Ardatirion, Ardy), so I&#039;ve always wanted to add one of his favourite coin-types =&gt; a &quot;Tessera&quot; example ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">So when the planets aligned and I saw an example with Serapis and a cool gryphon, I hunched-down in the reeds, took aim and gently squeezed the trigger ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... and my unsuspecting target went down like a sack of wet cement (kill-shot!!)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Amazingly, I bagged this example for about 1/3 of what I had in my ammo-bag!! (yup, I was dressed-up as Clio and I knew that this baby was coming home with me!!) ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... but in the end I was pleasantly surprised that I didn&#039;t have to Clio-up and spend a bunch of cash to tick-off this cool coin-type!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; cha-fricken-ching!! (I nailed it!!)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Sure, I&#039;m the first to admit that these Tessera-types are a bit odd and a bit unimpressive looking ... but again, I&#039;ve always been interested in collecting an example and this baby is right up my alley!! </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">I hope that you dudes think that it&#039;s as cool as I do ... oh, and Ardy said that there&#039;ll always be a buyer for it, if I ever want to sell (*flawless*)</span></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">EGYPT, Uncertain, PB Tessera </span></b></p><p>2nd-3rd centuries AD</p><p>Diameter: 15 mm</p><p>Weight: 4.82 grams</p><p>Obverse: Head of Serapis right, wearing calathus; uncertain object before</p><p>Reverse: Griffin seated right, resting right paw on wheel</p><p>Reference: Milne –; Dattari (Savio) –; Köln</p><p>Other: 5h … even gray patina with a spot of green, minor surface cracking</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]420910[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]420909[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Oh, and in case you didn&#039;t know =&gt; a Tessera is made out of &quot;Lead&quot; (plumbum, PB)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... kinda cool, eh? (man, I love gryphons!!)</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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