A COLLECTION OF ETRUSCAN, EARLY ITALIAN AND ROMAN COINAGE, CAST COINAGE, Central Italy, Æ Currency Bar (6th to 4th Century BC), 79mm x 60mm x 32mm, cast bar with traces of markings on one side (herringbone pattern?), 886g (Haeberlin pl. 6-8; Vecchi 3; cf Thurlow-Vecchi AS 1). Dark brown-green patina, some deposits, good very fine and very rare.
with an old ticket stating "found at Chiusi" and purchased from Spink c.1930
purchased from Spink & Son Ltd, 23 December 1955
Estimate: £600-800