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 View CategoriesHome > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Italy| > AR70510Italy, c. 5th - 4th Century B.C. Bronze axe heads were used for exchange across Europe even before 1000 B.C. This broken fragment of a bronze axe head dates much later, c. 5 - 4th Century B.C. It was never used to cut wood but was cast to serve as currency, and was broken for change.
AR70510. Bronze Aes Formatum, Axe head fragment; maximum length 37.0mm, weight 28.261g, SOLD
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