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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 4527543, member: 51347&quot;]I am NO expert.&nbsp; At the time, Central Italia and Rome had no Silver nor Gold (or extremely little of it.) Precious metal for coins, trade, payment etc. was done in Aes (Bronze).&nbsp; Perhaps, there had been some concern that other metals, or even clay,&nbsp; etc. were substituted for the Aes.&nbsp; Our reference point for precious metals are not the same for the Italians at that time.&nbsp; Early Roman Armies were paid in Aes Rude, weighed out and given to the Soldiers. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1121437[/ATTACH]</p><p>Italia Aes Rude&nbsp; - bronze ca 5th-4th Century BCE 29.7mm 32.4g rough uncia</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=106483]@NewStyleKing[/USER] , I know you are a researcher, so I only have a couple quick quotes I can give.&nbsp; The thing that impresses me most about Bronze in this area of the world, is that it is the ONLY true precious metal for these cultures, AND that it was useful to use in everyday objects.&nbsp; My thoughts.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Roman tradition recorded that pay of the army began during the siege of Veii in 406 BC and it appears that Aes rude was the currency well before this.&quot;</p><p>- WIKIPEDIA</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Bronze was, however, traded in central Italy long before it was a lawfully recognized official measure of value. Aes rude, rough lumpy bronze ingots with no marks or design, were used in trade and as a proto-currency, perhaps as early as the 8th century B.C. Production of aes rude was almost certainly private and unregulated. The metal in aes rude is mostly copper with roughly 5% tin (one analysis found 93.7% copper and 6.3% tin). There was some intended uniformity in <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Weight" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Weight" rel="nofollow">weight</a> based on the libra (Roman pound) weighing 328.9 g, and <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Uncia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Uncia" rel="nofollow">uncia</a> (Roman ounce, 1/12 libra) weighing 27.4 g. But <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=weights" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=weights" rel="nofollow">weights</a> vary greatly with some exceeding twelve pounds and others under an ounce. Many smaller examples are fragments of broken larger specimens. A balance was certainly necessary to measure value for commercial transactions. Photos of aes rude can be seen above and also in the plates below.&quot;</p><p>- NUMISWIKI[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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