"A message to you Rude Aes"

All are very good, but this is the jam of the hour...

 

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Haha! Did you think I was calling all my coin talk pals a bunch of Rude Aes's or something (I was worried that might happen). Told ya, obscure reference...that and suspenders with a trombone solo

Ps, there's no derailing when the band is wailing!...though I really would like to see some others proto currency

 

Nice job @Ryro ... Now you are officially a collector of The Republic!

LOL, when I grew up we called those COW PIES!!! In this case, a true PETRIFIED COW PIE! And, yes, yours is very nice... I have been looking at those also... Many are broken pieces (change), and so many "denominations" (weights).

My ICE RUDAY :


Italia Aes Rude - bronze ca 5th-4th Century BCE 29.7mm 32.4g
(roughly a Sextans)

 

...Bob Marley all the way...guess he started Ska.... way back in de day..

 

Thanks! Great looking lumpy yourself.
It's crazy to think these things were being used as far back as when Rome had it's 7 kings...if they really existed.
I see you have yours listed as roughly a sextans. Would that mean mine at 35.8 gr is also roughly a sextans? I was reading up on these things on forum but I found nothing about weight.

 

Congrats! A neat piece.

 

If I recall correctly a Roman Libral Pound = 1 As = 12 Unciae = APPROX 320g.

I erred. My Aes Rude in my post is probly closer to an Uncia.

THIS is the AES that I was thinking, and is closer to a Sextans:


ITALIA Aes Formatum AE Bronze Ax Head ca 5th-4th C BCE sextans size 44.8mm 56g

 

how can excavators differentiate these from common rocks?

 

NGC awaits.