Aes Premonetale. A fragment of unidentified Aes Grave As,
after 280 BC. AE.
27.39 grams (I measured 27.32 grams +/- .002 due to scale drift)
40.00 mm
RR. A very interesting and intriguing example. VF.
Possibly cut to provide small change, just like the cast
bronze ingots were usually cut for payments of smaller amounts in the 3rd
century. The weight of this fragment is close to one uncia = 1/12th
of an As (27.29 gr).
3” (7.62 cm) circle
drawer
2.74” (6.96 cm)
camera cap cover
Small lines = 0.5” (1.27
cm)
Cut Aes dimensions - 40.64 X 18.79 X 10.23
mm
Inner radius 5.3 mm smaller
than outer
Estimate outer Dia = 64
mm
Estimate inner Dia =
54 mm
I estimate the diameter of the coin to be 66 mm (2.6 ") and the inner ring to be about 10 mm smaller. I found 14 examples of Cr 35/1 in Grueber, BMCRR. The diameter of 13 listed coins was 2.51".I looked in Vecchi, ICC and found several Asses that have an inner rim and a straight line near the edge of the rim: TV-1, TV-6, TV-16, TV-36, TV-37, TV-51a (cR 35/1), TV-57. These are the most likely to my cut coin.