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1 Uncia
| Issuer | Uncertain city of Central Italy |
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| Year | 301 BC - 201 BC |
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| Value | Uncia (1⁄12) |
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| Obverse description | A spearhead depicted pointing upward in the center of the flan, with a single pellet (mark of value denoting one uncia) positioned to the left of the spearhead. The design is rendered in low relief, consistent with the cast aes grave tradition of Central Italy. The flan is irregular and somewhat oval in form, typical of the primitive casting methods employed during this period. |
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| Mintage | ND (301 BC - 201 BC) - Unique |
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The attribution "uncertain city of Central Italy" reflects a genuine scholarly impasse — these cast bronze pieces circulate through the literature under shifting assignments, with Haeberlin, Sydenham, and later researchers disagreeing on whether production belonged to a Latin, Oscan, or Umbrian community. The aes grave tradition they belong to was already obsolescent by the mid-third century, accelerated by Rome's expanding monetary dominance following the Pyrrhic War and the Second Punic War's financial disruptions.
Cast rather than struck, placing it firmly in pre-reform bronze production before the reducted libral standard took hold.