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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 4626150, member: 10461"]This little piece cost me the grand sum of $17.85 after international shipping. It's fairly small at 15 mm, but the portrait of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepius" rel="nofollow">Asclepius</a> is great and his staff on the other side has its snaky charms. The patina seems nice, too, if it's natural.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought it for my giveaway goodies pick bin, but was almost tempted to keep it for myself.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Syria (Seleucis & Pieria, Antioch): bronze tessera, pseudo-autonomous issue, ca. 2nd century AD</font></font></b></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Or... wait... IS it? Or was it <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/not-bad-at-all-for-under-20-bucks-seleucis-pieria-tessera-asclepius.363298/#post-4626897" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/not-bad-at-all-for-under-20-bucks-seleucis-pieria-tessera-asclepius.363298/#post-4626897">misattributed?</a></span></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/L8atcPB7Rk2phuRwMmyK_Mee6Gz9Cs4YD3LfbJj8i5E8aHTn25w-removebg-preview%20(1).png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ex-Biga Numismatiek, Netherlands (formerly Alibaba Coins). Their description follows:</p><p><br /></p><p>I know vaguely who Asclepius was in mythology, but that's about all. Share what you know about these pieces, or tesserae in general, since that's another term I only partially understand.</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought tesserae were mosaic tiles? I guess they were, but what was the purpose of round, coin-like <i>metal</i> tesserae such as this? Counters? Temple tokens? Did they serve any quasi-monetary role?</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to post your tesserae, or anything featuring Asclepius or health, or serpent-staff/caduceus motifs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 4626150, member: 10461"]This little piece cost me the grand sum of $17.85 after international shipping. It's fairly small at 15 mm, but the portrait of [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepius']Asclepius[/URL] is great and his staff on the other side has its snaky charms. The patina seems nice, too, if it's natural. I bought it for my giveaway goodies pick bin, but was almost tempted to keep it for myself. [B][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5]Syria (Seleucis & Pieria, Antioch): bronze tessera, pseudo-autonomous issue, ca. 2nd century AD[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [COLOR=#ff0000]Or... wait... IS it? Or was it [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/not-bad-at-all-for-under-20-bucks-seleucis-pieria-tessera-asclepius.363298/#post-4626897']misattributed?[/URL][/COLOR] [IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/L8atcPB7Rk2phuRwMmyK_Mee6Gz9Cs4YD3LfbJj8i5E8aHTn25w-removebg-preview%20(1).png[/IMG] Ex-Biga Numismatiek, Netherlands (formerly Alibaba Coins). Their description follows: I know vaguely who Asclepius was in mythology, but that's about all. Share what you know about these pieces, or tesserae in general, since that's another term I only partially understand. I thought tesserae were mosaic tiles? I guess they were, but what was the purpose of round, coin-like [I]metal[/I] tesserae such as this? Counters? Temple tokens? Did they serve any quasi-monetary role? Feel free to post your tesserae, or anything featuring Asclepius or health, or serpent-staff/caduceus motifs.[/QUOTE]
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