★ From a private Swiss coll ★

Picenum, Central Italy Cast Æ Aes rude V-III cent., Æ 26.00 mm., 35.45 g.
Crescent counter stamp. Rev. Cross-shaped counter stamp. ICC 2.1; Haeberlin p. 4, 6-8; Garrucci p. 37, pl. 67-8; L.A.Milani, Due deposit dell'età del bronzo di Campiglia d'Orcia, RIN 1908, pp. 455-456, figs 10-12.

Very Fine.

From a private Swiss coll

The interesting bronze lumps countermarked with a cross and crescent, probably symbolising the sun and moon, many of which weigh approximately an uncia, have come from finds in the area of Orvieto, Ancarano, Perugia and Tarquinia, which also issued currency bars with crescent and four-rayed star or sun of Tarquinii cf. ICC 116-119.