Currency bar Ramo secco bar
Features
| Issuer |
Uncertain Etruscan mint
(Etruria)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 601 BC - 301 BC |
| Currency | Currency bar (circa 601-301 BC) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Size | 74 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular (irregular) |
| Technique | Cast |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 179870 |
| References | Haeberlin# p. 17 Ernst Justus Haeberlin; 1910. Aes Grave: das Schwergeld Roms und Mittelitaliens einschliesslich der ihm vorausgehenden Rohbronzewährung. Joseph Baer, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. |
Obverse
Dry branch pattern.
Reverse
Dry branch pattern.
Edge
Plain
Comments
Currency bars were used to weigh bronze transactions, rather than count them. As such, currency bars could be cut to the proper weight to pay for something. With that being said, the weight and length of these pieces will vary greatly. The British Museum has a few examples, weighing from 665-2247 grams (the pictured example is 1410 grams). Museum numbers are 1874,0714.101-6.
These bars are typically found in northern-central Italy, and the date is suggested by one such piece being discovered in a stratum of an excavation along with some pottery pieces, with those pottery pieces being dated to the 6th century BC. These bars more than likely circulated until the 3rd century BC.
One of the finest known examples, measuring 148 x 74 x 30 millimetres and weighing 1865.00 grams:
© Roma Numismatics Limited
These bars are typically found in northern-central Italy, and the date is suggested by one such piece being discovered in a stratum of an excavation along with some pottery pieces, with those pottery pieces being dated to the 6th century BC. These bars more than likely circulated until the 3rd century BC.
One of the finest known examples, measuring 148 x 74 x 30 millimetres and weighing 1865.00 grams:
© Roma Numismatics Limited
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (601 BC - 301 BC) | |||||||||||||||
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