Aes forumatum are cool. I've never had any. I like the scallop shell. Thought I was looking at a fossil for a moment, before I read the tag. Aes rude, on the other hand, do nothing at all for me, and I don't understand the prices some folks charge (and pay) for some of those. "Oh, an irregular, featureless blob of melted bronze. Yay. Here, take my money." Nope.
Aes formatum are cool. I've seen plenty of dolphins, but I'm not sure I've seen a shell before. That looks cool.
I’m with you on that. Never understood how it could be authenticated. If documented coming from a museum or archeological dig then maybe.
Oscan-Latin Aes Formatum scallop shell with Ribs 4th BCE Oscan-Latin Aes Formatum shell 25mm 12.8g ITALIA Aes Formatum AE Bronze Ax Head ca 5th-4th C BCE sextans size 44.8mm 56g
Just to be rude… Italia Aes Rude - bronze ca 5th-4th Century BCE 29.7mm 32.4g roughly an uncia Italia had no precious metals other than copper that was made into bronze. Before they had struck coinage, ingots of bronze were traded. Basically, it was like gold traded today, but it was bronze. A weighted value was transacted to buy farms, animals, etc. Nice thing about this money was that it could be melted and shaped into tools, weapons, armament, household, items. So, the odd money, rude, was utiliarian.
