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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1774068, member: 19463&quot;]Question:&nbsp; If you were one who attended a ceremony dedicating the lighthouse what part did&nbsp; tessara such as this play either before or after the event?&nbsp; Was it an entrance ticket or a take home memento of the day?&nbsp; Did it have a cash value or could be traded in for measure of grain?&nbsp; Did people save/collect such things or show them to their patrons as evidence of participation?&nbsp;&nbsp; In some periods it seems that the mint issued special coins (often asses) for distribution to the crowd but these would have been spendable cash.&nbsp; What, why, who tessara?&nbsp; For something made simply and easily in large or small numbers, we might ask if they were always rare or simple swept out with the refuse explaining why few survive.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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