Aes Premonetale. Aes Formatum. Tear-claw shaped item, central Italy, 6th-4th century BC. Unlisted in the standard references. Cf. I. Vecchi, NVMMORVM AVCTIONES 14, 1999, lot 864 (Objects found with Aes Rude, Tear shape). 19.35 g. 37.50 mm. RRR. Extremely rare. Lovely untouched earthen emerald green patina. About EF. For bronze objects found with aes rude and early bars, see ICC p.83 ff. and A. M. Murgan, “Heavy metal in hallowed contexts. Continuity and change in aes deposits in Central Italy and Sicily” in “Embodying Value? The Transformation of Objects in and from the Ancient World”, BAR International Series 2592, 2014.
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