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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 5255000, member: 75525&quot;]6.&nbsp; &nbsp; 8 bar lot of cast bronze</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219345[/ATTACH]</p><p>Central Italy and the Roman Republic, Late 4th - early 3rd century BC (Vecchi says 8th to 3rd).</p><p>Eight cast bronze bars or AES Formatum. Two bars have what might be Ramo Secco marks that would make them Signatum, and the rest have no visible marks. The bars have some dirt and scale. Per vendor: Decor can no longer be determined. These are fragments of originally rectangular bronze bars. Most have mold marks on their edge.</p><p>221g, 288g, 441g, 453g, 680g, 749g, 754g and 763g. 8 pieces! = 4,349 grams total = 13.3 Asses.</p><p><br /></p><p>5.&nbsp; &nbsp; Countermarked Aes Formatum, Dupondius</p><p>Latium, 3rd century BC</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219346[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1219347[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic / Central Italy – Cast Bronze with Marks</p><p>This triangular piece looks like it was broken from a pie shaped circular ingot. Two marks “II” on this piece could indicate it had a value of two Asses, or one Dupondius. Some Roman two As (pound or Libra) scale weights use a similar symbol – II.</p><p>Of the greatest historical interest and apparently unpublished. Lovely untouched earthen olive green patina, with lighter spots.</p><p>559.0 grams, 67x65x31 mm.</p><p>Good VF, RRRR</p><p><br /></p><p>4.&nbsp; &nbsp; Prow left cast sextans</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219356[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1219354[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1219355[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic Cast Sextans circa 225-217, Æ</p><p>Obv - Head of Mercury l.; below, two pellets.</p><p>Rev - Prow l.; below, two pellets.</p><p>46.23 grams = 277 gram equivalent Ass (46.27 = 277)</p><p>33.0 X 34.7 X 10.0 mm</p><p>12 h – most of the cast coins I have seen are medal turn, or the obverse and reverse have the same orientation. A few are orientated coin turn, 6h. Even less have 3h or other orientations.</p><p>Brown green patina and very fine. In hand I see a brown coin with a shiny surface.</p><p>Very rare – I found 10 examples on line, including mine.</p><p>Crawford 36/5, wt std – 270 grams</p><p>Aes Grave 23</p><p>Sydenham 82</p><p>Vecchi 92</p><p>Thurlow-Vecchi 62</p><p>Historia Numorum Italy 341.</p><p>Haeberlin p 55 – 56, plate 22, 17 – 20; wt range 34 – 54 grams; 45 examples; avg wt = 41.91 = 256 eq as[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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