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<p>[QUOTE="jb_depew, post: 8349666, member: 88227"]I'm glad you like it! I believe I dropped $885 total on the tessera, which seemed like a steal. It comes from a European collection, pre-2005. Otherwise I don't have any history on it. Because it's unpublished, there's some mystery behind it. Obverse aside, the 'engraved chequer' reverse (as Leu describes it) is intriguing and makes me question the utility of the tessera. Was it simply an artistic choice? How common is this pattern? Was this used as a token or as applique? Since tessera are outside my normal collecting area, I can't form an intelligent opinion yet. There was another tessera in Leu Numismatik Web Auction 19 (lot <a href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=5446&lot=2329" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=5446&lot=2329" rel="nofollow">2329</a>), which I didn't buy, featuring Zeus Ammon. It had a similar 'chequer' pattern on the reverse and is the only other example I've seen with that design. At any rate, I was very happy to win this piece, as it seems to be one of the finest examples of an Antinoüs tessera of those I found online. It's huge as well - even bigger than my Ptolemy III drachm (affectionately called "hockey pucks" by some of our CT members).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jb_depew, post: 8349666, member: 88227"]I'm glad you like it! I believe I dropped $885 total on the tessera, which seemed like a steal. It comes from a European collection, pre-2005. Otherwise I don't have any history on it. Because it's unpublished, there's some mystery behind it. Obverse aside, the 'engraved chequer' reverse (as Leu describes it) is intriguing and makes me question the utility of the tessera. Was it simply an artistic choice? How common is this pattern? Was this used as a token or as applique? Since tessera are outside my normal collecting area, I can't form an intelligent opinion yet. There was another tessera in Leu Numismatik Web Auction 19 (lot [URL='https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=5446&lot=2329']2329[/URL]), which I didn't buy, featuring Zeus Ammon. It had a similar 'chequer' pattern on the reverse and is the only other example I've seen with that design. At any rate, I was very happy to win this piece, as it seems to be one of the finest examples of an Antinoüs tessera of those I found online. It's huge as well - even bigger than my Ptolemy III drachm (affectionately called "hockey pucks" by some of our CT members).[/QUOTE]
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