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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carl Wilmont, post: 4593934, member: 75496&quot;]Nice idea for a post, [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER]!&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m also interested in seeing some of the ancient tickets or vouchers in the collections of CoinTalk members. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Romans used the word <i>tessera </i>to convey the Greek term <i>σύμβολον</i> (<i>token</i>).</p><p>They were made out of several different materials. </p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone have an example of:</p><ol> <li>a tessera made from a material other than lead or bronze?</li> <li>a tessera marked with a seat location?</li> <li>tesserae liberalitatis - ancient 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></li> </ol><p>Please post any of these or other types!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my unusually-shaped example.&nbsp; The thunderbolt was a symbol of Jupiter or Zeus. Anyone want to share a hypothesis for what this one might have been exchanged?&nbsp; Perhaps for entrance to a religious festival, ceremony, or banquet?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1137584[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>ASIA MINOR. Uncertain. Circa 2nd to 1st centuries BC. Tessera (Lead, 22x10 mm, 3.42 g). Thunderbolt between two stars. <i>Rev.</i> Blank.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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