1 Uncia Light type

Tuder — modern Todi, in Umbria — was among the Latin allies whose coinage output reflects the enormous financial strain of the Second Punic War. This light-series uncia belongs to a reduced-weight standard adopted as Rome and its allies struggled to sustain military expenditure against Hannibal, a contraction that effectively halved the as from its earlier sextantal weight. The "light type" designation distinguishes it from the heavier earlier issues of the same city, a distinction that matters considerably for attribution and dating within the Tudertine series.