Thought from the photo that maybe I was getting some
potin tetradrachms with big holes through them, but on inspection these heavy little bits of metal were
cast with the holes already in them (I see an air bubble inside the hole on the white one).
What would they be for? One is pretty roughly made, but the other has some
ornamentation after a fashion - five bumps on each
side (not spaced very evenly), and uniform ridges all along. Were they maybe fishing
weights? Some peculiar
ring money? Something else? Or are they even ancient? They were acquired from
France with a bunch of
Roman coins and one newer, milled one - but of course that doesn't necessarily mean anything.
Whitey is 15 grams, and the other one 20. Whitey is 21 mm, the other one 22.