Anonymous issues. Circa AD 50-150. Æ Tessera (19mm, 2.80 g, 6h). Good Fine.

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Roman Imperial, Bronze

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Anonymous issues. Circa AD 50-150. Æ Tessera (19mm, 2.80 g, 6h). Modius with three grain ears / Cantharus. Rowan, Ashmolean 14-15. Dark brown patina, roughness, off center. Good Fine.

From the Aleph Collection. Ex Stack’s Bowers Galleries (12 January 2019), lot 41066 (part of).

The modius/cantharus tesserae are one of the few bronze tessera types for which archaeological context is known, with several specimens found in 1st-2nd century AD contexts at Lepcis Magna in North Africa.

Closing Date and Time: 1 November 2023 at 12:38:20 ET.

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