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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2381804, member: 75525&quot;]An interesting Aes Rude, with two symbols punched into it, arrived today. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]488274[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]488275[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Aes Signatum +</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Cast Aes Signatum or Aes Rude with symbols</p><p>Central Italy, 4th to 2nd century BC</p><p>Side 1 – 4 incuse lines punched to form an X or star with a dot in the middle</p><p>Side 2 – incuse crescent, (, this one is a bit light and hard to see</p><p>This piece looks like it was broken from a larger flat (semi flat) piece of uneven thickness.</p><p>Dimensions: 17 X 21 X 11.5 mm</p><p>Wt: 13.1 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>Similar pieces are listed in:</p><p>Italian Cast Coinage, Vecchi #2.1, counterstamped or inscribed aes rude. Plate 1, #2.2; similar to NAC 7, 1994 # 282</p><p>Haeberlin pg 4, #6 – 8</p><p>Garrucci pg 37, pl 67 – 68</p><p><br /></p><p>I have one with a + on one side. I looked today and did not find anything on the other side.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]488277[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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