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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aleph, post: 8279365, member: 89969&quot;]Tessera is a modern numismatic term for ancient token.&nbsp; The Latin term tessera was not used in antiquity to refer to tokens but rather to the chips in mosaics.&nbsp; In modern practice the term tessera is used for a huge range of material which is not obviously attributable and which may not necessarily be currency.&nbsp; There are many widely recognized numismatic tessera series’, like the eqyptian leads, but sometimes firms just use the term as a circumspect way to say ‘we have no idea’.&nbsp; I would add that some modern scholars do not like the term and prefer to refer to these pieces as tokens.&nbsp; Egyptian ae tesserae are rare, not well cataloged, and even less well understood as to what they were used for or even where they are from (the find context is almost always missing).</p><p><br /></p><p>Gert Boersema and Bill Dalzell’s recent publication of Tom Vossen’s collection of lead tesserae is an excellent overview for those interested in tesserae.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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