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Currency bar Crescents with four-pointed star
| Uitgever | Tarquinii |
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| Jaar | 280 BC - 260 BC |
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| Valuta | Currency bar (circa 280-260 BC) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Central device consisting of two crescents arranged back-to-back in a symmetrical, opposed configuration, with a four-pointed star placed centrally in the intervening field between their concave faces. The design is rendered in low relief characteristic of early Central Italian cast bronze currency bars (aes signatum), with the motifs occupying the broad flat face of the irregular rectangular flan. The surface exhibits the typical rough, pitted texture resulting from the casting process, with no inscription or border present. |
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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 |
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| Oplage | ND (280 BC - 260 BC) |
| Aanvullende informatie |
Tarquinii's bronze currency bars belong to a transitional moment in central Italian monetary history, when cast bronze by weight was still the dominant medium of exchange across Etruria and Latium. The city itself was in sharp political decline by this period — a former Etruscan powerhouse that had concluded a 40-year truce with Rome in 351 BC, then lost it, and by the time these bars were cast had effectively accepted Roman hegemony following the final Etruscan-Roman settlement of 280 BC.
These aes signatum-class objects were not coins in any strict sense but functioned as standardized bronze ingots within a bullion economy. Haeberlin's foundational study remains the primary reference for attributing bar types to specific issuing centers.