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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 4590956, member: 51347&quot;]Thanks for the info, [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] .&nbsp; I enjoy your posts as I am always learning from your cool snippets of info.&nbsp; Great coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I went through ALL the alternative names you posted as alternatives of FORTVNA, and I have nary a one.&nbsp; I only have a few FORTVNA and all are from the Empire period.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like my <b>TESSERA with FORTVNA</b> as this may point to it being a gaming token of some type, and not just a theater or play performance token.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1136736[/ATTACH]</p><p>RI</p><p>Rome.</p><p>Lead tessera c. 1st cent. AD</p><p>PB 13mm, 1.39 g, 12h</p><p>Obv: Fortuna standing left, resting rudder on ground with right hand, holding cornucopia in left</p><p>Rev: Large DP</p><p>Ref: Rostovtsev 2307; Ruggerio 808-9; ; good VF</p><p>Ex: Tom Vossen collection of Roman lead objects</p><p>Ex:&nbsp; Gert Boersema</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=9204]@Ardatirion[/USER] sent me a note a few years ago:</p><p>&quot;Gert and I are working on publishing that collection. Your piece will be illustrated in it.</p><p>EDIT: This is a type that has been surprisingly available lately. All specimens exhibit the same misalignment, indicating that they were all cast from the same set of molds. Here&#039;s one of my two examples.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1136737[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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