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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2294659, member: 75525&quot;]I may have to change my name after making this list. I had a difficult time leaving some neat stuff off the list. </p><p>10.</p><p>[ATTACH]460441[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]460442[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]460443[/ATTACH] </p><p>Central Italy, 5th-3rd century BC</p><p>Aes formatum. Cockle-shell,</p><p>Wt =&nbsp; 26.21 grams; 42 mm, or about the weight of a libral uncia (or 1/12th an as) &gt; 12 X 26 = 312g.</p><p>Vecchi – Pg 90 #5</p><p>In 600 to 400 BC, Romans and others in Central Italy bartered bronze by weight. Some shaped bronze pieces like this cockle shell have been found in hordes of Aes Rude. Pictured next to the shell is a cast sextans with a shell, Cr 25/8.</p><p><br /></p><p>9.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]460444[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]460445[/ATTACH] </p><p>Greek Asia. Syria, Antioch.&nbsp; 1st-2nd cent. AD. </p><p>Obv. ANTIO-CHA. Draped bust of Man left, wearing Phrygian cap, crescent behind shoulders. </p><p>Rev. COLONIA I. Cock standing right. </p><p>SNG Paris, 1062. </p><p>AE. 1.32 grams, 13 mm.</p><p>This is one of my favorite non-RR coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>8.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]460446[/ATTACH] </p><p>BRONZE AGE SOCKETTED GOUGE, 2nd millennium BC</p><p>European bronze gouge with curved edge, lateral flanges folded over to form a socket. 267 grams, 95mm (3 3/4&quot;). Fine condition.</p><p>Provenance - Property of a professional; acquired on the European art market in the 1980s.</p><p>This one might not belong on my 2015 list. I have not received the piece, but have paid for it and received a tracking #. Items like this have been found in bronze, pre-money hoards =&gt; I call it pre-money. </p><p><br /></p><p>7.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]460447[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republic, mint Rome, 215 to 212 BC</p><p>cast Aes Grave Semis, anonymous moneyer</p><p>This coin was issued on the Post-Semi-Libral standard, based on an As of 1/15th a Roman pound, 20 grams, 33 mm. Note: 2 X 20 = 40 this light weight was due to a shortage of bronze during the 2nd Punic War.</p><p>Obv - Laureate head of Saturn l.; behind, S.</p><p>Rev - Prow l.; above, S.</p><p>Crawford 41/6a</p><p>Thurlow-Vecchi 71</p><p>Sydenham: AES Grave 27; RRC 102</p><p>Haeberlin pl. 51, 5. </p><p><br /></p><p>6.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]460450[/ATTACH] </p><p>COLLECTION EDWARD A. SYDENHAM ESQ. AES GRAVE ITALIQUE, MONNAIES ROMAINES CONSULAIRES.</p><p>My list needs at least one coin book. This one is a good second stage book on cast coins from Rome and Central Italy. The downside to this book is it is in French.</p><p>This 1927 catalog was reprinted in 1974. Sydenham worked for the British Museum and wrote two important books on Roman Republican coins: Aes Grave was published in 1926 and The Coinage of the Roman Republic was published posthumously in 1952. His collection of cast and struck bronze was cataloged here.</p><p><br /></p><p>5.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]460451[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]460452[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republic, mint Rome, 275 to 270 BC</p><p>cast Aes Grave Uncia or 1/12th of an As, anonymous moneyer. This coin was issued on the Libral standard, or near a full Roman Pound for an As, 24.87 grams, 27 mm. Apollo/Apollo series</p><p>Note: 12 X 24.87 = 298</p><p>Obv - Barley grain; pellet to left.</p><p>Rev - Barley grain; pellet to right.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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