an interesting Aes Grave book link - L'aes grave del Museo Kircheriano

I like old books that have drawings of Aes Grave. I found one on line from 1839:
L'aes grave del Museo Kircheriano : ovvero, Le monete primitive de' popoli dell' Italia media, ordinate e descrite. Aggiunoti un ragionamento per tentarne l'illustrazione

A copy sold for 650 euros in 2016 -(https://www.deamoneta.com/auctions/view/413/510).

A copy of the book is available on line thanks to archive.org -
https://archive.org/stream/laesgravedelmuse00marc#page/24/mode/2up

Some pics from the book -



I have the anchor coin shown here. If I have not posted it here, I will. The book shows the anchor upside down from my coin.

 

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Thats cool

 

Cool book @rrdenarius ! I think I have the Frog Aes Grave from the second page; however the books has 3 dots making it a Quadrans. Mine is one dot or an Uncia:


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

 

I love the old coin drawings, and have found the online version of L'aes grave del Museo Kircheriano to be a good resource. In fact, I actually pursued buying this triens after seeing the drawing.

item #3 (hand bound with cestus/two clubs) pictured on page 1


Umbria, Tuder Ces220-200 BC
Aes Grave Triens 22.3gm - 28 mm
Obv: Right hand bound with cestus, four pellets in field
Rev: Umbrian legend Tutere between two clubs, upright; four pellets in field