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Aes Rude
| Uitgever | Ancient Italy (pre-Roman / early Roman) |
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| Jaar | 800 BC - 301 BC |
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| Samenstelling | Bronze |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Entirely anepigraphic and devoid of any intentional design, this face of the lump presents a wholly unworked, amorphous field characteristic of pre-monetary bronze currency. The surface exhibits a heavily textured, granular patina of deep malachite green interspersed with reddish-brown cuprite encrustations, the result of centuries of oxidation. No legend, device, exergue, or border of any kind is present, consistent with the nature of Aes Rude as raw, unformed bronze weighed by mass rather than struck or cast to a formal type. The contours of this face are convex and irregular, reflecting the primitive casting or hammering process by which such lumps were produced. |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | The reverse face is likewise entirely anepigraphic, presenting an irregular, unworked surface with no device, legend, or formal design of any kind. The field is markedly more textured and uneven than the obverse, with pronounced surface undulations, pitting, and nodular protrusions consistent with primitive cast bronze. A complex multi-layered patina of dark olive-brown, malachite green, and reddish cuprite oxides covers the surface uniformly, attesting to the antiquity of the piece. This complete absence of iconographic or epigraphic content is definitive of Aes Rude, which functioned purely as a weighed unit of bronze in pre-coinage Italian commerce. |
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| Oplage | ND (800 BC - 301 BC) |
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