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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Roman Provincial| > |Roman Egypt| > RX74430
Roman Egypt, Nov 130 - c. 138 A.D.
|Roman| |Egypt|, |Roman| |Egypt,| |Nov| |130| |-| |c.| |138| |A.D.|, Both the obverse and reverse types on this tessera are published but the combination does not appear to be published. Nor did we find another example online. According to Milne, lead tesserae served as local small change in Egypt during the first to the third century A.D.
RX74430. Lead tessera, Unpublished; cf. Dattari 6444 and Geissen 3584 (for obverse type), F, Alexandria(?) mint, weight 3.300g, maximum diameter 21.7mm, die axis 180o, Nov 130 - c. 138 A.D. (possibly later); obverse Antinous on horseback right, wearing hem hem crown, caduceus in right hand; reverse bust of Serapis(?) right, kalathos (?, on head), cornucopia on shoulder behind, snake entwined staff before; extremely rare; SOLD










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