133, Lot: 215. Estimate $100. Sold for $74. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ROME. Before 4th century B.C. Æ Aes Rude (25x30x19mm, 29.30 g). Unformed cast bronze fragment. Thurlow-Vecchi p. 15, pl. 2. As made, thick green and earthen patina.
From Thurlow-Vecchi, p. 15:
Comments on Aes Rudes and Aes Signatum. I: Aes Rude of Central Italy.
"Tradition assigned the institution of the Roman coinage to the period of the kings Servius Tullus and Numa. Pliny quotes Timaeus of Tau