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BCC LT95 Lead Tessera Harpocrates?
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Lead Tessera or Amulet
Caesarea Maritima
1st - 3rd century CE
Obv: Harpocrates? seated left, knees bent,
right hand to mouth, left hand lowered behind.
In field to right, A P? or I, in field to left W, or M,
or Σ. If the figure is indeed Harpocrates the
intended inscription may well be IAW. Another
possibility is a human-headed Chnoubis figure
or some other unidentified type.
Rev: Blank
PB 14.2 x 1.5mm. 1.54gm. Axis: NA
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1970
J. Berlin Caesarea Collection
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