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1/2 As
| Issuer | Uncertain city of Central Italy |
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| Year | 301 BC - 201 BC |
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| Weight | 163.10 g |
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| Reverse description | A boar striding to the right in raised relief, rendered in the robust, summary style typical of aes grave issues from Central Italy. The animal's bristled back and sturdy legs are clearly defined. Above the boar appears the mark of value, the letter S (denoting Semis, or one-half), serving as the denomination indicator for this heavy cast bronze piece. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Heavy cast bronzes of this type — produced by unnamed Central Italian communities during the height of Rome's consolidation of the peninsula — present persistent attribution problems that have occupied scholars since Haeberlin's foundational 1910 study. The issuing authority remains disputed; the "uncertain city" designation reflects genuine disagreement, not cataloging laziness. At 163 grams for a half unit, the parent as would have weighed in excess of 320 grams, placing this squarely within the heaviest phase of the aes grave tradition before systematic weight reductions began eroding the libral standard through the course of the Third and Second Samnite Wars.