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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 3549345, member: 75525&quot;]The As was a measure of weight and was broken into 12 parts (VNCIA or ounces). I think it was a weight before it was a coin. </p><p>[ATTACH]943185[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]943186[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Wealth was measured in Asses as early as Servius Tullius, the 6th king of Rome. He reigned from 575 to 535 BC. He divided Roman citizens into Classes by wealth, see the table below from The Beginnings of Rome by T J Cornell. One As equaled a Roman pound = 327 grams. It is likely that cast bronze was used for money before coins introduced in 280 BC.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]943181[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The earliest cast bronze coins were based on an As of about 330 grams.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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