Roman Republic - rarely seen coins

Unformed Aes Rude are often offered for sale but I particularly like this one because it so obviously comes from a cast currency bar with a very wide casting sprue running down one entire edge and flat parallel sides. It's also much heavier than most advertised aes rude, at about 200 grams. Due to its formed rather than unformed nature I'm pretty sure this was originally part of an Aes Signatum bar, unfortunately there's no sign of which Aes Signatum type.

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