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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2424790, member: 75525&quot;]I have been looking for a currency bar with markings for a while. I have bid on a few. I have come close to a few and been way low on a few. This is the largest bronze in my collection by about 10%. I hope you like it. [ATTACH=full]503000[/ATTACH] </p><p>You can see the central stem and at least two branches on this side.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]503001[/ATTACH] </p><p>The central branch is visable on this side, but the branches are hard to see (or not there).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]503002[/ATTACH] </p><p>You can see all of the casting seam on this side.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]503004[/ATTACH]</p><p>You can see some of the casting seam on this side.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]503003[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]503005[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republican Ramo Secco Currency Bar (Aes Signatum)</p><p>Central Italy, Emilia(?): 6th to 4th century BC</p><p>Fragment of a bronze ingot, on both sides branch with no leaves.</p><p>AE. 826 grams; Length = 62 mm, Width = 77 mm, Height = 36 mm</p><p>Thurlow-Vecchi AS1.</p><p>Vecchi – 3.1</p><p>HNI – pg 45 – highly ferruginous bars made apparently from 6th century in southern Etruria, Emilia and occasionally Sicily.</p><p>Grueber – lists 2 bars, but not RS</p><p>Cr – lists bars, but not RS</p><p>Syd AG – not in Sydenham</p><p>Haberline – pg 10 – 19; plates 4 – 6</p><p>Garrucci – Table VII, IX &amp;amp; X</p><p><br /></p><p>The Ramo Secco cast ingots are the most common of the cast bars. They are normally found in fragments and subdivisions. They weigh anywhere from 500 grams to 2000 grams and often have weak or missing designs. I found 19 large bar pieces on line and averaged them:</p><p>Weight of my piece = grams 826</p><p>Weight max = 1,865</p><p>Weight min = 32</p><p>Weight avg = 694</p><p>Weight st. dev. = 385</p><p>I posted them on - <a href="http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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