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Currency bar Crescents without star
| Issuer | Tarquinii |
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| Year | 280 BC - 260 BC |
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| Currency | Currency bar (circa 280-260 BC) |
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| Obverse description | Two crescent motifs arranged back-to-back in opposing orientation, their open faces directed outward toward the upper and lower edges of the bar. The crescents are rendered in low relief against the rough, uneven field typical of cast bronze aes signatum production. No inscriptions or additional devices are present. The casting surface retains considerable texture and irregularity consistent with archaic central Italian bronze-working traditions. |
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| Mintage | ND (280 BC - 260 BC) |
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Tarquinii, the ancient Etruscan city in what is now northern Lazio, produced aes grave and proto-monetary bronze pieces during a period when Rome was consolidating control over Etruria following the wars of the early third century BC. These currency bars represent one of the earlier attempts at standardized bronze exchange in the region, predating the fully developed Roman aes grave system. The crescent devices used here appear on Tarquinian issues without the accompanying star that distinguishes related types — a distinction that has driven the bibliographic separation in ICC and HN Italy classifications.