133, Lot: 216. Estimate $100. Sold for $62. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ROME. Before 4th century B.C. Æ Aes Rude (27x26x12mm, 20.61 g). Unformed cast bronze fragment. Thurlow-Vecchi p. 15, pl. 2. As made, thick green and earthen patina.

From Thurlow-Vecchi, p. 15:

Comments on Aes Rudes and Aes Signatum. I: Aes Rude of Central Italy.

"Tradition assigned the institution of the Roman coinage to the period of the kings Servius Tullus and Numa. Pliny quotes Timaeus of Tau