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1 As Heavy type
| Issuer | Tuder |
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| Year | 280 BC - 240 BC |
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| Reference(s) | ICC#216, HN Italy#40, Haeberlin#p.226, Thurlow-Ve#157, Campana#4 |
| Obverse description | Eagle displayed with wings spread, standing and facing left, rendered in archaic Umbrian style with bold, deeply cast relief. The denomination mark I and the mint legend TUTERE appear in the field to the left of the bird, identifying the issuing city of Tuder. The design is enclosed within a raised circular border, typical of early central Italian aes grave coinage. The flan is irregular and heavy, consistent with the primitive casting techniques employed during the early Republican period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Tuder — modern Todi, in Umbria — was among the inland communities that adopted the heavy aes grave tradition during the third century BC, producing cast bronze at weights that reflect the earliest, pre-reduced libral standard. This piece, at over 240 grams, sits near the top of what survives from the series, suggesting it predates the progressive weight reductions that followed Rome's expanding monetary influence into Umbrian territory.
The Tuder series is small. Campana's classification lists only a handful of dies across the entire output, making individual specimens traceable to specific casting episodes.