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Lot # 246
Aes Premonetale. Aes Formatum. AE crescent-shaped Cast Ingot. Etruria (?), 8th-4th century BC. Vecchi ICC p.90, 8. AE. 39.27 g. 37.00 mm. R. Rare and intriguing. Handsome dark green patina, with reddish brown spots. 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.