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| 正面描述 | Heavily patinated bronze surface of irregular, roughly circular form, exhibiting the characteristic cast texture of early Central Italian aes grave production. A single pellet, serving as the value mark denoting one uncia, is discernible in low relief within the field, set against a plain, unadorned surface. The flan is thick and lenticular in section, consistent with the Sickle series of the third to second century BC. No figural motif, legend, or inscription is present; the design is confined to the value mark alone. The coin displays extensive green patination and surface encrustation typical of long burial. |
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| 背面描述 | Plain, convex bronze surface of irregular outline, entirely devoid of design elements, inscriptions, or value marks. The reverse presents a smooth but heavily encrusted field with deep green and black patination consistent with ancient bronze corrosion. The lenticular profile of the flan is clearly evident, reflecting the primitive casting technique employed for this series of Central Italian fractional bronze coinage. No legend, symbol, or decorative motif is present. The surface texture is coarse and uneven, as is typical of cast aes grave fractions attributed to uncertain Central Italian mints of the third to second century BC. |
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The "Sickle series" bronzes are among the more poorly understood issues of central Italian coinage from this period — the issuing authority remains unattributed despite decades of scholarly debate, with candidates ranging from Umbrian communities to inland Latin settlements. The sickle symbol itself has been read as agricultural, as a cult reference, and as a civic badge, none convincingly settled.
ICC#267 places this piece within a typological grouping rather than a confirmed mint sequence.