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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1707020, member: 42773&quot;]I&#039;ll add one more quote from Hoover&#039;s article in CCK and summarize my thoughts on the coin/token debate.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t see a good reason to discount this theory. In fact, the only explanation that doesn&#039;t make any sense to me is test piece theory. Any one of the other three theories as to the economic role of the tesserae appears plausible: they could have been emergency coinage, or non-emergency legal tender, or tokens as described in the quote above. They may even have served various purposes at different times. The difficulty in ascertaining an exact function lies in the lack of archeological evidence, and is compounded by the fact that the Nabataeans kept no written history (that we know of).</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not bothered by leaving it a question mark, however. Part of what draws me to ancients is the aura of mystery surrounding various coins. It&#039;s a puzzle that may never be solved, but I find it enjoyable to play with the pieces.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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