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<p>[QUOTE="rrdenarius, post: 2773147, member: 75525"]An interesting piece of history arrived today. I will post some pics with other pieces soon. </p><p><b>One Quarter of a Circular Shaped Bronze Ingot</b></p><p>The piece weighs 1443 grams, or about 5 roman pounds.</p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]639942[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]639943[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]639944[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]639945[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><br /></p><p>The seller had four cast bronze pieces. This was my favorite of the group. The broken ax looked interesting, and did not sell, but this chewed up my budget for the month.</p><p>The vendor's description - </p><p>AES PREMONETALE. Aes Formatum. </p><p>A Quarter of a large circular cake-shaped bronze ingot. Central Italy, 6th-4th century BC., RRR</p><p>Cf. Garrucci, TAV III, 4 and 5, from the Cere hoard (of about the same shape and weight). </p><p>1443 g</p><p>152 x 97 x 39 m</p><p>Untouched earthy green patina. EF. </p><p>This very rare and fascinating example has the weight of an Aes Signatum or Five Roman Pounds and probably represents a quincussis.</p><p><br /></p><p>Garrucci, page 3; five pieces are shown on plate III.</p><p>I translated the text from Garrucci:</p><p>first I broke the Italian into sections to help google translate group the words - </p><p>· Di piu perche vi si vede chiaramente come il metallo si e aperta la via intorno intorno per un fondo che doveva percio essere mobile.</p><p>· Il primo pezzo due libbre e once due</p><p>· once due</p><p>· il secondo due libbre once otto</p><p>· il terzo libbre quattro once otto e mezzo</p><p>· mezzo</p><p>· otto</p><p>· il quarto libbre quattro once tre</p><p>· il quinto libbre quattro once otto e mezzo</p><p><br /></p><p>The English, tho I am not sure of all the translations are right. - </p><p>· Most of all, as you can see clearly how the metal opened up the street around for a base that had to be mobile.</p><p>· The first piece two pounds and two ounces</p><p>· Once two</p><p>· The second two pounds eight ounces</p><p>· The third pound four times eight and a half</p><p>· half</p><p>· eight</p><p>· The fourth pound four times three</p><p>· The fifth pound four times eight and a half[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rrdenarius, post: 2773147, member: 75525"]An interesting piece of history arrived today. I will post some pics with other pieces soon. [B]One Quarter of a Circular Shaped Bronze Ingot[/B] The piece weighs 1443 grams, or about 5 roman pounds. [B][ATTACH=full]639942[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]639943[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]639944[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]639945[/ATTACH] [/B] The seller had four cast bronze pieces. This was my favorite of the group. The broken ax looked interesting, and did not sell, but this chewed up my budget for the month. The vendor's description - AES PREMONETALE. Aes Formatum. A Quarter of a large circular cake-shaped bronze ingot. Central Italy, 6th-4th century BC., RRR Cf. Garrucci, TAV III, 4 and 5, from the Cere hoard (of about the same shape and weight). 1443 g 152 x 97 x 39 m Untouched earthy green patina. EF. This very rare and fascinating example has the weight of an Aes Signatum or Five Roman Pounds and probably represents a quincussis. Garrucci, page 3; five pieces are shown on plate III. I translated the text from Garrucci: first I broke the Italian into sections to help google translate group the words - · Di piu perche vi si vede chiaramente come il metallo si e aperta la via intorno intorno per un fondo che doveva percio essere mobile. · Il primo pezzo due libbre e once due · once due · il secondo due libbre once otto · il terzo libbre quattro once otto e mezzo · mezzo · otto · il quarto libbre quattro once tre · il quinto libbre quattro once otto e mezzo The English, tho I am not sure of all the translations are right. - · Most of all, as you can see clearly how the metal opened up the street around for a base that had to be mobile. · The first piece two pounds and two ounces · Once two · The second two pounds eight ounces · The third pound four times eight and a half · half · eight · The fourth pound four times three · The fifth pound four times eight and a half[/QUOTE]
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