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A guide to the Department of coins and medals in the British museum (1922)

British Museum. Dept. of Coins and Medals, Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London : The Trustees · leaf 38

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consisted ofirregular lumps of bronze (Aes Kude), which must have passedby weight and not by tale. It was not till about 335 b.c. thatheavy cast pieces of bronze (Aes Grave) of circular form withobverse and reverse type were issued. The oblong bricks orbars, sometimes bearing only a heriing-bone…

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