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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2874893, member: 75525&quot;]This is my first bar with marks. I was very happy to buy it directly from the seller&#039;s web store for a bit over $1600. I found one about as heavy less than a year later for half the price. I am pleased with both.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]687958[/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; X</p><p><br /></p><p>fyi - ramo secco means dry branch</p><p>[ATTACH=full]687962[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/siluette-di-vecchi-alberi-senza-foglie-ramo-secco-29304657.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/siluette-di-vecchi-alberi-senza-foglie-ramo-secco-29304657.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/siluette-di-vecchi-alberi-senza-foglie-ramo-secco-29304657.jpg</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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