Gorgon/Medusa lead tessera

[Canaan]

Any help to id this tessera is most welcome, is it a Medusa? Gorgon?  Roman? Greek?

[SC]

I think it is.  Medusa and Gorgon are really the same thing when it comes to sculpture.  Looks like an earlier Greek version to me.

SC

[Canaan]

Thanks Shawn, so it is greek with a Gorgon, but what do you mean by early greek? 2nd century BC???

[SC]

I believe that the design - almost a cartoonish, jovial gorgon - is very early.  Archaic??  But must have been used later too.  try googling Greek gorgon images.  I have seen it on coins too.

SC

[Canaan]

Thanks again Shawn, a little search yoelded many close looking gorgons on coin like this:
The head of Gorgon Medusa on a silver
half stater from Anatolia (Asia Minor).
6th century BC.
Numismatic Collection,
Bode Museum, Berlin. 
Any thoughts any one? Could it be from later era?

[Aleph]

What are the size and weight?  Earlier pieces tend to be thicker/smaller for their weight.

[esnible]

The coin on the right is archaic.  I am not sure the lead tessera is archaic even though they have similar hair and lack a protruding tongue.

The coin on the right is one of the few archaic Greek gorgoneions that doesn't have a protruding tongue.

My guess is that the tessera is from the Hellenistic or Roman periods.

[Canaan]

Thanks alot for the replies, i still do not have the weight and diameter i will contact the seller for them, and yes i have a feeling that it is from later times maybe Roman!!!