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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2432499, member: 75525&quot;]Several interesting items arrived this week. Two pieces are Aes Formatum in artistic shapes: palm tree and triangular bar. They go well with the tear drop I ordered late last year. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]505632[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]505633[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]505634[/ATTACH]</p><p>The palm shaped bronze piece was described as an Aes Formatum from Central Italy (Etruria or Lazio) produced in the 6th to 4th centuries BC. I found five examples on line, including mine. I did not find any in reference books for Roman Republican coins or Italian Cast bronze (Crawford, RRC; Gruber, BMCRR (or BMC on line); Sydenham, AG or CRR; Sear; Thurlow &amp; Vecci, ICC&amp;AG; Vecci, ICC; Haberline, AG; Garrucci, LMDIA; Marchi, AG (1); Alteri, AGL; etc.</p><p>29.3 grams, 65.5 X 23.5 X 6 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Celtiberian, Copper Ingot, Centuries BC-AD PREMONEDAS IN HISPANIA. Anv .: Ingot triangular. 14.92 grams. AE. Ø 35x12 mm. Dark patina. AB-P.34. MBC.</p><p>Garrucci – Table VI #5 &amp; 6</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]505636[/ATTACH]</p><p>AES tear drop shaped Formatum 49 mm . long. VI- IV centuries B.C. ETRURIA or LAZIO . 48.10 grams. AE . Green patina . I. Vecchi Nummorum auctioned by 1999. Auctiones similar piece of different dimensions. EBC .</p><p>Vecci, ICC – pg 90, #6</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]505635[/ATTACH]</p><p>This arrived last week also. I have had the book in PDF format for a couple of years, but this one is nice in hand. As a bonus, the Venetian seller sent some photos to help sell my wife and I on the idea of taking a trip to Italy.</p><p><br /></p><p>More on my blog - </p><p><a href="http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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