Aes grave

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Aes grave (heavy bronze) is a numismatical term indicating bronze cast coins used in Central Italy during IV and III century BC from Italic populations.

The value was indicated by signs: I for the as, S for semis and pellets for unciae.

Standard weights for the as were 272, 327 or 341 gramms, depending from issuing auctority.

Roman main cast coins had this marks and images:

Image value mark
Ianus As I
Saturn Semis S
Minerva Triens four pellets
Hercules Quadrans three pellets
Mercury Sextans two pellets
Bellona Uncia one pellet

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[edit] Issuing cities

Main series were from Rome, Ariminum (Rimini), Iguvium (Gubbio), Tuder (Todi), Ausculum (Ascoli Piceno), Firmum (Fermo), Hatria - Hadria (Atri), Luceria (Lucera), and Latins. Other series have unknown provenience.

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[edit] Coins

[edit] Literature

  • Ernst Haeberlin: Aes Grave, Das Schwergeld Roms und Mittelitaliens einschließlich der ihm vorausgehenden Rohbronzewährung, Halle 1910
  • Sydenham, Edward A.: Aes Grave A Study of the Cast Coinages of Rome and Central Italy. London, Spink, 1926
  • Head Barclay V. Historia Nummorum, a Manual of Greek Numismatic, London, 19112
  • Thurlow-Vecchi (1979). Italian Cast Coinage, Italian Aes Grave by Bradbury K. Thurlow and Italian Aes Rude, Signatum and the Aes Grave of Sicily by Italo G. Vecchi, printed together by V.C. Vecchi & sons ISBN 0-9506836-0-4


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