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louisvillekyshop CCF Advertiser United States 1303 Posts	Posted 09/05/2025 3:52 pm When you buy peoples estates you get whatever the collector was working with. So things like this are in there. 1.44 g, 18 mm. * Edited by Staff to crop and/or rotate and/or resize images. In the future, please crop, resize, and correctly orient images before uploading. * Edited by louisvillekyshop 09/05/2025 3:59 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 09/05/2025 4:56 pm My impression is that's a phallus being worn on the head in the portrait, if such can narrow it down at all. Colligo ergo sum Report this Post to the Staff
louisvillekyshop CCF Advertiser United States 1303 Posts	Posted 09/05/2025 5:08 pm OK, I can spot a few Empress who might fit the image. But what is this? A clay imprint from a die? It is very light so not lead etc.Is it ancient? Looks aged. Like you see a thumb print from whoever pressed this into whatever they pressed it in on the reverse. Edited by louisvillekyshop 09/05/2025 5:09 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 09/05/2025 6:07 pm Clay tessera? Report this Post to the Staff
livingwater Pillar of the Community United States 2213 Posts	Posted 09/05/2025 7:19 pm Head scratcher for sure. Maybe a uniface clay token from Asia Minor or north Africa, looks old to me. I have a couple uniface clay tokens time of Heraclius with Peter/Paul and cross on them. Edited by livingwater 09/05/2025 7:28 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34393 Posts	Posted 09/05/2025 7:39 pm Are there a lot of tesserae made from clay Bob? I don't have any, but it seems like they are most often made from lead or a copper alloy. They also seem to be largely two-sided and this piece is uniface. With that said, I don't have a better idea for what this might be and you are right about these things like 99.99% of the time... Added: ok I take that back, there are a couple hundred instances of clay tesserae on acsearch. Many of the uniface ones have a partial finger/handprint on the back. I'm convinced! "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
travelcoin Pillar of the Community United States 1120 Posts	Posted 09/06/2025 09:10 am Quote: Clay tessera? I'm with ya Bob. Maybe Otacilia Severa or Herennia Etruscilla, Heck maybe Zenobia? Found this resource, looking through it now. https://coins.warwick.ac.uk/token-types/ Edited by travelcoin 09/06/2025 11:18 am Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187446 Posts	Posted 09/07/2025 11:12 am Very interesting. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
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