A large and impressive tessera from the famed town of Oxyrhynchos
Lot 1864
EGYPT. Oxyrhynchos. Circa 1st-3rd centuries. Tessera (Lead, 27 mm, 16.14 g, 11 h). Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Athena-Thoeris to right. Rev. Nike advancing left, holding wreath in her right hand. Geissen 3503 var. (reverse legend ΟΞ). Emmett 4361 var. (reverse legend ΟΞΥ). A large and impressive tessera from the famed town of Oxyrhynchos. Good fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.


Milne (The Leaden Token-Coinage of Egypt Under The Romans, NC 8 (1908), p. 287-310) has connected these pieces showing Athena to the Middle-Egyptian town of Oxyrhynchos, famed for the massive find of papyri there by Grenfell and Hunt in the late 19th-early 20th century. Athena had a temple dedicated to her in the town and was equated with the Egyptian goddess Thoeris (or Taweret), who served as a local guardian deity.
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