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1 Triens
| Issuer | Uncertain city of Central Italy |
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| Year | 301 BC - 201 BC |
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| Weight | 92.45 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the value mark of the triens, rendered as four pellets arranged in a conventional pattern, as is standard for this denomination within the central Italian aes grave series. The pellets, indicative of four unciae (one-third of the as), are visible in low relief on the heavily patinated and corroded surface. The flan is broad and flat with an irregular, crenellated edge characteristic of cast production. No legend or mint mark is present. The overall simplicity of the design and the primitive casting technique are consistent with the anonymous issues catalogued under HN Italy 366 and related references. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The heavy cast bronzes of uncertain Central Italian origin occupy one of the more contested corners of pre-Roman numismatics. This triens belongs to a group whose civic attribution has never been settled — Haeberlin, Thurlow-Vecchi, and the HN Italy corpus each approach the problem differently, and none has produced a definitive answer. The Samnite Wars and Rome's gradual consolidation of the peninsula during this century created precisely the kind of administrative instability that leaves coins without clear issuers.
At this weight, the piece sits near the heavier end of surviving examples, suggesting an early production date within the type's range before systematic reduction brought cast aes grave weights down.