Seals and Tesserae. Roman, circa 1st century AD. Tessera (Lead, 22.24 mm, 4.34 g ). MATI, Fortuna-Tyche stanting left, holding rudder and cornucopia. Rev. Ibis holding a balance; on the plates, an elephant and a mouse. Rostovtsev - (but cfr. 1351 for the legend MATI with S and/or AE; and 3202 for Ibis holding a balance). Overbeck -. Turcan, Nigra Moneta 410 (which timidly attributes it to Matisco, present-day Mâcon, France). Arzone & Marinello, Lead Tokens of Museo di Castelvecchio 60. Very Fine. Very Rare, and in none of the studied and published specimens are the elephant and the mouse visible.
Seals and Tesserae. Roman, circa 1st century AD. Tessera (Lead, 22.24 mm, 4.34 g ). MATI, Fortuna-Tyche stanting left, holding rudder and cornucopia. Rev. Ibis holding a balance; on the plates, an elephant and a mouse. Rostovtsev - (but cfr. 1351 for the legend MATI with S and/or AE; and 3202 for Ibis holding a balance). Overbeck -. Turcan, Nigra Moneta 410 (which timidly attributes it to Matisco, present-day Mâcon, France). Arzone & Marinello, Lead Tokens of Museo di Castelvecchio 60. Very Fine. Very Rare, and in none of the studied and published specimens are the elephant and the mouse visible.