Early Roman heavy bronze coinage:With an As like that getting my hands on it was of grave importance

I only have struck coins of the Roman Republic and none of these cast chunkies.

 

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I keep looking but I'm just not seeing it
I believe those types are often referred to as "pancake" formatum slabs.
The ancients would simply dig a circular hole in the ground and fill it with the liquid metal and once it cooled down it would look like that massive chonker covering your hand.
Word to the wise, don't take a bite out of that pancake!

 

Huge-As congrats finding it! I am holding out for the full Libral standard As... yeah, I like a big As.


RR Aes Grave Anon 280-276 BCE Triens 46mm 90.3g 9.3mm thick Tbolt-Dolphin Rome Crawford 14-3 T Vecchi 3

 

Quadrans


ROMAN Republic
Aes Grave Issue, Æ Quadrans, 59.82g
Mint of Rome Anonymous issue; ca. 269-242 BCE
Obv: dog walking left, three pellets below
Rev six-spoked wheel, three pellets between
Ref: Cr 24/6a; Thurlow-Vecchi 34
Comments Dark green patina, fine.
Ex: from the David Sellwood Collection

 

AE Sextans:

Etruria or Umbria
Aes Grave
3rd C BCE
Sextans 23mm 25.15g
Obv: Club
Rev: 2 Dots
Ref: HN 54 Vecchi-Th 172


SEXTANS of the Roman Republic


RR AE Aes Grave Sextans 270 BCE 37mm 55.28g Dioscuri R and L

 

AE Sextans:

Etruria or Umbria
Aes Grave
3rd C BCE
Sextans 23mm 25.15g
Obv: Club
Rev: 2 Dots
Ref: HN 54 Vecchi-Th 172


SEXTANS of the Roman Republic


RR AE Aes Grave Sextans 270 BCE 37mm 55.28g Dioscuri R and L



Unciae

RR Aes Grave Uncia 269-266 BCE 10.1g Astragalus knuckle-bone - knuckle-bone Thurlow- Vecchi 21 Craw 21-6 Rare



Luceria AES Grave Anonymous 217-215 BCE Uncia 7.35g Frog-Corn Ear pellet retrograde L T-V 285

 

I believe this is Rome’s smallest denomination, but it is stamped.

1/48th of an As, 1/4th of an Uncia... the Quartuncia


RR Anon AE Quartuncia 217-215 BC Roma Prow Cr 38-8 S 624



Roman Republic
217-215 BCE,
AE Quartuncia
15.2 mm, 2.56 grams.
Obverse: Head of Saturn right.
Reverse: ROMA - Prow, right .
Reference: Crawford 38/8

 

When the Rome mint decided to forget mos majorum and issue modern coinage like everybody else...

 

they are ALL beautiful