As (coin)
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English: The As (plural Asses) was a bronze, and later copper, coin used during the Roman Republic and Roman Empire, named after the homonymous weight unit (12 unciae = ounces), but not immune to weight depreciation.
Italiano: L'asse (moneta) (in latino as, gen. assis) era una moneta di bronzo (in seguito di rame) in uso durante la Repubblica e l'Impero Romano.
Photographs
[edit]Republic
[edit]- Cast coins
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Circa 240-225 BC
Aes Grave. 259.53 g
- Struck coins
Imperial coins
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Sestertius (bronze), Dupondius (bronze), As (copper)
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Hadrian
Imperial AE coins (pseudo-as)
[edit]Drawings
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Roman republican As