CoinsEtruscan7th-5th century BCE

Nine Pieces of Early Etruscan Money, Aes Rude

7th-5th century BCE

Classification

Coins

Technique

Cast

Medium

1977.216.3183.1: Copper-Iron Alloy; 1977.216.3183.2: Copper-Antimony-Arsenic Alloy; 1977.216.3183.3, 4, and 7: Copper; 1977.216.3183.5: Leaded Copper-Antimony-Arsenic Alloy; 1977.216.3183.6: Leaded Bronze; 1977.216.3183.8 and 9: Leaded Copper

Culture

Etruscan

Period

Orientalizing period

Century

7th-5th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

1977.216.3183.1: 805.9 g 1977.216.3183.2: 216.26 g 1977.216.3183.3: 80.5 g 1977.216.3183.4: 62.51 g 1977.216.3183.5: 46.76 g 1977.216.3183.6: 35.44 g 1977.216.3183.7: 45.18 g 1977.216.3183.8: 27.26 g 1977.216.3183.9: 31.83 g

Provenance

Henry W. Haynes collection, Boston, MA, (by 1912), bequest; to the Harvard University Department of Classics, (1912-1977), transferred; to Fogg Art Museum, 1977.