Hi, all. Here is another very tiny and difficult lead
tessera from
Caesarea Maritima. No idea which is the right way up, but I thought one possibility might be some
type of
Egyptian crown with a headband and rearing cobra. In the photo it looks like the ball on the right is separate from the horizontal
part, but when the light is turned you can see that they are connected. The
reverse is equally puzzling, perhaps a
palm tree trunk and a Greek letter Λ? or Δ? to lower right, with the rest of the design off-flan. Any ideas or corrections would be appreciated. Thanks, V-drome
BCC LT108
Lead
TesseraRoman 1st-4th Century CE
Obv: Uncertain
type.
Egyptian Cobra Crown?
Rev: Uncertain
type. Slightly curved vertical line
with Λ? or Δ? to right.
Pb10.5 x 10 x 1.0mm. 0.65gm.
Surface find
Caesarea Maritima, 1971
(click for larger pic)
My
tessera gallery with new
additions (I have about 20 more to go, all of them in pretty
rough condition, unfortunately):
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=-5157