Aes grave (heavy bronze) is a numismatical term indicating bronze cast coins used in central Italy during the 4th and 5th centuries BC, whose value was indicated by signs: I for the as, S for semis and pellets for unciae. Standard weights for the as were 272, 327, or 341 grams, depending upon the issuing authority.
The main Roman cast coins had these marks and images:
| Image | value | mark |
|---|---|---|
| Ianus | As | I |
| Saturn | Semis | S |
| Minerva | Triens | four pellets |
| Hercules | Quadrans | three pellets |
| Mercury | Sextans | two pellets |
| Bellona | Uncia | one pellet |
Issuing cities
Main series were from Rome, Ariminum (Rimini), Iguvium (Gubbio), Tuder (Todi), Ausculum (Ascoli Piceno), Firmum (Fermo), Hatria - Hadria (Atri), Luceria (Lucera), and Latins. Other series have unknown provenance.
Gallery
 As (ca. 240–225 BC) |
 Triens (ca. 241–235 BC) |
 Quadrans (ca. 230–226 BC. weight 63.19 g |
|
 Sextans (ca. 289–245 BC) |
 Quincunx (coin)(After 220 BC) |
 Uncia (coin) (ca. 275–270 BC) |
See also
Further reading
- Haeberlin, Ernst: Aes Grave, Das Schwergeld Roms und Mittelitaliens einschließlich der ihm vorausgehenden Rohbronzewährung, Halle 1910.
- Sydenham, Edward A.: Aes Grave A Study of the Cast Coinages of Rome and Central Italy. London, Spink, 1926.
- Head, Barclay V.: Historia Nummorum, a Manual of Greek Numismatic, London, 19112.
- Thurlow-Vecchi (1979). Italian Cast Coinage, Italian Aes Grave by Bradbury K. Thurlow and Italian Aes Rude, Signatum and the Aes Grave of Sicily by Italo G. Vecchi, printed together by V.C. Vecchi & Sons. ISBN 0-9506836-0-4.
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