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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Roman Tesserae| > AS91936
Roman Empire, Ostia (Port of Rome), Italy, Transportation / Shipping Token, Late 1st - 2nd Century A.D.
|Roman| |Tesserae|, |Roman| |Empire,| |Ostia| |(Port| |of| |Rome),| |Italy,| |Transportation| |/| |Shipping| |Token,| |Late| |1st| |-| |2nd| |Century| |A.D.|, In "Shipping Tesserae from Ostia and Minturnae?" in NC 175 (2015), Clive Stannard discusses small square single-sided bronze tesserae, like this one, which are usually found at Ostia, the port of Rome, and at Minturnae, the other major Roman port. He identifies 12 types of these tesserae with additional varieties. He suggests the horse types, like this one, may relate to the towing of boats [by horses] on a tow path.
AS91936. Bronze tessera, Stannard Shipping, type 2A, obv. die 9; 0.802g, 11.3 x 11.6mm, VF, rough green patina, light earthen deposits, edge chip, obverse horse pacing right, AT above, N below, I below raised left foreleg; reverse blank; from a New England collector, ex Phil DeVicchi collection; SOLD










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