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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2284190, member: 75525&quot;]A little bit better description of the pieces above. I did not see exact matches of any of the Ramo Seco pieces in Thurlow &amp; Vecchi or Vecchi. I will need some time to look at the copies of Aes Grave, E J Haeberlin and Le Monete dell’Italia antica, Raffaele Garrucci to see if I can find a better match for the RS pieces. Both books are available for free download, see my blog for RR references.</p><p><br /></p><p># - description</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Aes formatum. Lot of three fragments, late 4th-early 3rd century BC. AE. g. 48.61; g. 22.25; g. 12.03. </p><p><br /></p><p>a.&nbsp; 11.2 thick X 38.0 wide X 31.55 long. Looks like the end piece of a bar with rounded ends. Thinner at edge. One unbroken and two broken edges.</p><p><br /></p><p>b.&nbsp; 9.1 thick X 33.2 X 18.8; edge piece of a bar, thin at edge &amp; thicker away from edge. One unbroken, straight edge and two broken edges.</p><p><br /></p><p>c.&nbsp; 6.4 thick X 21.0 X 26.75pie shaped portion of circular bar, coin? One unbroken, curved edge and two broken, straight edges.</p><p><br /></p><p>2.&nbsp; Aes Signatum(?). A fragment, early 3rd century BC. AE. g. 32.04 R. mm. 20 x 21. </p><p>*&nbsp; 15.7 thick, at highest point X 28.6 X 20.8; edge piece of a bar with an unidentifiable shape. One unbroken, straight edge and three broken edges. The broken edges have high points that are worn or otherwise smoothed.</p><p><br /></p><p>3.&nbsp; Aes Signatum(?). A fragment, early 3rd century BC. AE. g. 48.82 R. mm 19 x 48. </p><p>*&nbsp; 19.1 thick, at highest point X 48.8 wide (but bar was probably 10 to 15 mm wider) X 15 average length; this looks to be a piece of a bar that was taller in the center and thinner on the edges. One very short unbroken, edge and three broken edges.</p><p><br /></p><p>4.&nbsp; Aes Signatum(?). A &#039;Ramo secco&#039;(?) fragment, early 3rd cent. BC. AE. g. 31.65 RR. mm 26 x 29. </p><p>*&nbsp; 13.8 thick X 28.7 X 26.1. This piece looks a bit like Vecchi #8. The piece of a bar has a single raised line (stem?) down the center of the raised side. I do not see branches, but there could be one at one broken end. The piece has one unbroken side and three broken sides.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oops, looks like my Word formatting was lost, but it looks readable.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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