Roman Scale Weight and Aes Grave collections

 

Largest to left (one As) and oldest to top (VNCIA series)

Obverse

Reverse

Aes Grave on 3 pages. On each page the oldest is to the top and largest denomination is to the left. Some pieces and extras are shown on the bottom of the 3rd page.

At the start of cast bronze coinage, the weights of coins and scale weights were probably the same. Scale weights stayed about the same for a millennium. Coin weights dropped quickly due to inflation and bronze use in the Carthaginian war.