EGYPT. Uncertain. Circa 3rd-4th century AD. Gnostic Tessera (Lead, 18 mm, 3.17 g, 12 h). IAω Abrasax facing, with the head of a rooster and snakes for legs, holding a whip in his right hand and a shield with his left. Rev. ABPA-CAΞ in two lines; above, star within crescent. Cf. Nauman 52 (2017), 254 var. Elsen 124 (2015), 404 and Rauch MBS 8 (2004), 685. Very fine.

From a European collection formed before 2010.