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<p>[QUOTE="Carl Wilmont, post: 4626950, member: 75496"]<i>Tessera</i> does refer to a small piece of a hard material that was cut into a shape (often a cube) to be used to construct a mosaic.</p><p><br /></p><p>For commerce, the Romans used the word <i>tessera </i>to convey the Greek term <i>σύμβολον</i> (<i>token</i>). They were made out of several different materials - mostly lead, but also bronze, bone, ivory, clay, glass, and wood. They functioned as tickets (some were even marked with seat locations) and as vouchers for the poor that were distributed by the government to be exchanged for something of assistance such as grain (t<i>esserae frumentariae) </i>or money (<i>tesserae nummariae).</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's my unusually-shaped example. I don't know for what it may have been exchanged. The thunderbolt was a symbol of Jupiter or Zeus. Perhaps it granted entrance to a religious festival, ceremony, or banquet?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/tessera-jpg.1137584/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>ASIA MINOR. Uncertain. Circa 2nd to 1st centuries BC. Tessera (Lead, 22x10 mm, 3.42 g). Thunderbolt between two stars. </b><i><b>Rev.</b></i><b> Blank.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] started a thread on Tessera in April 2020 that is located here:</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/tessera-coins-tokens.358135/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/tessera-coins-tokens.358135/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/tessera-coins-tokens.358135/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Carl Wilmont, post: 4626950, member: 75496"][I]Tessera[/I] does refer to a small piece of a hard material that was cut into a shape (often a cube) to be used to construct a mosaic. For commerce, the Romans used the word [I]tessera [/I]to convey the Greek term [I]σύμβολον[/I] ([I]token[/I]). They were made out of several different materials - mostly lead, but also bronze, bone, ivory, clay, glass, and wood. They functioned as tickets (some were even marked with seat locations) and as vouchers for the poor that were distributed by the government to be exchanged for something of assistance such as grain (t[I]esserae frumentariae) [/I]or money ([I]tesserae nummariae).[/I] Here's my unusually-shaped example. I don't know for what it may have been exchanged. The thunderbolt was a symbol of Jupiter or Zeus. Perhaps it granted entrance to a religious festival, ceremony, or banquet? [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/tessera-jpg.1137584/[/IMG] [B]ASIA MINOR. Uncertain. Circa 2nd to 1st centuries BC. Tessera (Lead, 22x10 mm, 3.42 g). Thunderbolt between two stars. [/B][I][B]Rev.[/B][/I][B] Blank.[/B] [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] started a thread on Tessera in April 2020 that is located here: [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/tessera-coins-tokens.358135/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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