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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ignoramus Maximus, post: 7610893, member: 104741&quot;]Congrats on your tessera, [USER=21445]@Mat[/USER].</p><p><br /></p><p>And, what a coincidence. I just got my first tessera, from the Leu auction mentioned. So, I have nothing in hand yet, just this pic from Leu.</p><p>And if you like big and heavy ones, better look away, because mine is a featherweight.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1310274[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>ASIA MINOR. Uncertain. 2nd-3rd centuries.</b> Tessera (Lead, 10 mm, 1.52 g). Elephant emerging from shell to right; below, grain ear. <i>Rev.</i> Blank. Gülbay &amp; Kireç 40a (&quot;hermit crab&quot;). Naumann 57, 418-419 (same). Very fine.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>According to Leu:</p><p>&#039;The motif of large animals like elephants, lions and horses emerging from a shell was popular in Roman gem engraving. For designs of elephants emerging from a shell, similar to the imagery on our tessera, see Furtwängler XLVI, 35, AG Wien 2130 and Dembski, Carnuntum 1104&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I couldn&#039;t find any of the references online, but I did find this.</p><p><br /></p><p>Admittedly a more beautiful example than mine, but then again, mine was probably <i>a lot</i> cheaper...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> [ATTACH=full]1310273[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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