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6 avril 2020
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crowan, « The Roman lead tokens in the BnF », L’Antiquité à la BnF, ID : 10.58079/b8ob
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Lire ce billet en français : Les tessères romaines en plomb de la BnF One of the most neglected artefacts from Classical Antiquity are the tokens (so-called ‘tesserae’) from the Greek and Roman/Greco-Roman world. Bronze, lead, and clay tokens were used in Athens during the Classical and Hellenistic periods, and are also found elsewhere throughout the Mediterranean from the Hellenistic age. During the Roman Imperial period, tokens (mainly lead) continued to be used across the Empire by diffe...