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Aes Formatum Circle
| Uitgever | |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 400 BC - 201 BC |
| Type | Log in om details te zien |
| Waarde | Log in om details te zien |
| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Bronze |
| Gewicht | Log in om details te zien |
| Diameter | Log in om details te zien |
| Dikte | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Log in om details te zien |
| Techniek | Log in om details te zien |
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| Graveur(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| In omloop tot | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Multiple concentric rings radiating outward from a raised central boss, each ring decorated with a finely incised rope-like or granulated pattern. The outermost ring is defined by a raised border with similar textured ornamentation, framing the entire composition. The design is entirely geometric and anepigraphic, executed in the cast bronze technique characteristic of early Italian pre-monetary currency. Surface displays an aged olive-brown patina consistent with prolonged burial, with traces of green cuprite corrosion in recessed areas. |
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| Schrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Schrift keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
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| Rand | Plain |
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| Oplage | Log in om details te zien |
| Aanvullende informatie |
Aes formatum — raw cast bronze in irregular shapes — preceded the more familiar aes grave coinage and circulated in central Italy as a pre-monetary commodity medium, valued by weight rather than by any issuing authority's guarantee. These circular pieces occupy an awkward classificatory middle ground: shaped enough to suggest intentionality, yet unstruck and uninscribed.
Rome's shift toward a true fiduciary coinage in the third century BC slowly displaced such pieces, accelerating sharply after the First Punic War forced monetary standardization to fund an unprecedented naval buildup.