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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 26681712, member: 51347&quot;]Just to be rude…</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/italia-aes-rude-bronze-ca-5th-4th-century-bce-29-7mm-32-4g-rough-uncia-jpg.1130003/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Italia Aes Rude</b> - bronze ca 5th-4th Century BCE 29.7mm 32.4g roughly an uncia</p><p><br /></p><p>Italia had no precious metals other than copper that was made into bronze. Before they had struck coinage, ingots of bronze were traded. Basically, it was like gold traded today, but it was bronze. A weighted value was transacted to buy farms, animals, etc. Nice thing about this money was that it could be melted and shaped into tools, weapons, armament, household, items. So, the odd money, rude, was utiliarian.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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