Large lot of 7 (seven) Roman Tesserae Annonariae marked "A" (1 pcs.), "A X" (3 pcs.), "X A" (1 pcs.), and "A X X" (2 pcs.): measurement tokens once attached to grain sacks. Circa 1st - 3rd centuries AD (Bone, up to 4.0 cm in height). Published in L. Pedroni and G. Devoto, "Tessere da una collezione privata", in Archeologia Classica, XLVII, 1995, pp. 189-191, figg. 14, 16 and 18a (5 of these tesserae).
From a British Private Collection.
These tokens typically bear the letter "A" for Annona, followed by a number (e.g., X, XX, XXX) indicating the weight in modii — approximately 40, 80, or 120 kg.
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