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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 2355621, member: 9204&quot;]The clasped hands is a very common motif on lead tesserae, occurring on pieces from Spain, the city of Rome, and Asia Minor. I would argue that this is due to the nature of the tesserae as small, private-issue coinage, with the hands representing the implicit agreement between the issuer of the tesserae and their users. </p><p><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_00018x00~1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>SPAIN</b></p> <p style="text-align: center">PB Tessera (12mm, 1.14 g, 12 h)</p> <p style="text-align: center">Clasped hands</p> <p style="text-align: center">Star over altar?</p> <p style="text-align: center">Unpublished</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Found in Southern Spain </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18271/normal_00037x00~1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>ROME</b></p> <p style="text-align: center">PB Tessera (20mm, 4.49 g, 12h)</p> <p style="text-align: center">Apollo standing facing, holding lyre</p> <p style="text-align: center">Clasped hands within wreath</p> <p style="text-align: center">Rostovtsev -; Scholz 382 (this coin)</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Ex Trau Collection</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18271/normal_00035x00~0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>ROME</b></p> <p style="text-align: center">PB Tessera (18mm, 2.99 g, 12h)</p> <p style="text-align: center">Palm frond and cornucopia</p> <p style="text-align: center">Clasped hands</p> <p style="text-align: center">Rostovtsev -; Scholz 1126 (this coin)</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Ex Trau 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_00021x00.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>ROME</b></p> <p style="text-align: center">PB Tessera (19mm, 4.09 g, 12 g)</p> <p style="text-align: center">Fortuna standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia</p> <p style="text-align: center">Clasped hands</p> <p style="text-align: center">Rostowzew 2196; München 388-90; BM 567, 575 </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18271/normal_00008x00.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">PB Tessera (14mm, 2.03 g, 12 h)</p> <p style="text-align: center">Mercury standing facing, holding bag and caduceus</p> <p style="text-align: center">Clasped hands</p> <p style="text-align: center">Rostowzew 2677</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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