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| Central Italy. Lead Tessara / Fly |
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Attribution: Stannard, Numismatic Evidence for Relations Between Spain and Central Italy at the Turn of the Second and First Centuries BC, coin 25
Date: 2nd - 1st Century BC
Obverse: Fly
Reverse: Blank
Size: 16.51mm
Weight: 1.83 grams
Rarity:  6
Description: good Fine. ex London Ancient Coins Ltd with tag. From Google: "Ancient Central Italian "fly tesserae" (tesserae) are rare, historical artifacts dating to the Roman era. They are frequently made of lead and feature a stamped fly, a common motif in antiquity that symbolized health, pestilence, or was utilized as a superstitious amulet to ward off evil."
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