Aes Grave

With Aes Grave, the Roman writers describe the heavy copper or bronze coins of antiquity, the early Republic.

Numismatics understands by the round North and mittelitalische cast as - copper coin series of the 4th and 3rd centuries BC The common feature of these coins is usually a value characters, eg As as the basic nominal Roman one ( I) and gods images, or often the Prora. The standard weight ( monetary standard ) of the Aes Grave coins was initially the Roman trade pounds ( Libra ) equivalent to 327.45 grams - later to 2 ounces reduced weight of about 272 up to Uncialgewicht of about 10 to 12 grams for a copper -As the imperial era. The value levels went from ace to Uncia and for rare half and quarter ounce. In addition, there were also multiple Asses.

In the numismatic literature similar name Ae ( Æ) is generic to late Roman ( Follis ) copper or bronze coins, whose exact name is unknown partially today. The names Ae Ae 1 to 4 are approximate Münzgrößenangaben in modern Münzkatalogen.