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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2331662, member: 51347&quot;]EVERY time I would go after this series of coinage, I would get beat out in the bidding. I know I might have paid too much, BUT I finally landed a Knuckle-Bone!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]472751[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic</p><p>269-240 BCE</p><p>Aes Grave Uncia astragalos (Knuckle-Bone)</p><p>22mm, 10.1g, Cast bronze</p><p>Obv: astragalos (knuckle-bone)</p><p>Rev: astragaols (knuckle-bone)</p><p>Olive-brown patina</p><p>(I feel it may be a later issue as it is &quot;light&quot; for a knuckle-bone)</p><p><br /></p><p>Prior to the Silver Denarius Standard of Roman coinage which started in 211 BCE, the Roman Republic focused their coinage standards on cast bronze... This was common for Central Italy. Central Italy&#039;s and Rome&#039;s AE coinage was crude compared to the contemporary Greeks, Carthaginians, and others at the time. (However, Rome did grow up to kick EVERYone&#039;s As.)</p><p><br /></p><p>They started with Aes Rude (lumps of bronze), Aes Signatum (large bronze plates, and pieces thereof), and Aes Grave (large, weighty cast coinage).&nbsp; The As was literally ONE Roman POUND, cast into a round coin!&nbsp; As with everything, monetary inflation set in and the bronze coin weights got lighter and lighter.&nbsp; Finally in the 3rd Century BCE, they began minting Silver didrachmae, drachmae, AE litrae, etc. as trade coins with Magna Graecia in South Italy and the Celts up North.&nbsp; You may have heard of the Quadrigatus (Roman didrachm), and the Victoriatus (Roman drachm).</p><p><br /></p><p>This is an Aes Grave, 1 Uncia (1/12 of an As)</p><p><br /></p><p>Please feel free to post your Knuckle-Bones, Aes Rude, Aes Grave, Aes Signatum, or any early Roman Republic AE Coinage!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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