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Four lead tokens (or coins) Obverse: : Aramaic legend "Malka Alexandros" (King Alexander) Reverse : Anchor in circle surrounded by Greek Lead tessera, Transjordan mint, 95 - 76 B.C Rare Found in Judea Diameter: 14-16 mm. ( Weight: 4.1 and - 5.1 gm. ) 4 COINS IN THIS LOT , PRICE FOR THE LOT OF 4 COINS Price Including : . 1-Worldwide Shipping -Priority Mail. 2- Export Approval from Israel Antiquities Authority 3-Certificate of authenticity. Lead tesserae (tokens) were issued by the monarch to the poor to be redeemed for food and other commodities. Meshorer reports the lead tesserae of Alexander Janus are found almost exclusively in Transjordan, as was this example. Tessera, a square, marked with a certain number of points, to serve as a ticket or a voucher. Tesserae were also small pieces of wood, of bone or of ivory, or of bronze, which received various names, according to the different purposes to which they were applied. Accordingly there were theatrical, gladiatorial, liberal (frumentariae), convivial, military, and hospitable tesserae. Many of these are a species of coin, or counter, and are found in most large numismatic cabinets. From the times of the emperors they were chiefly employed for distribution amongst the people, to enable each individual to go with one or more of them, and receive the gifts which had been assigned to him, in corn, in oil, in money, and in evey other article of greater or less value. For this reason they were call tesserae liberalitatis. Medals, struck when public distributions were made, present numerous examples of this kind, and the tessera, or tablet, appears in the right hand of the figure, which respectively personify Annona, and Liberalitas.
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