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currency-bar
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Object type
Museum number
1874,0714.102
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Description
Copper alloy currency bar (ramo secco).
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Authority
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Culture/period
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Date
- 600BC-300BC
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Production place
- Made in: Etruria (?)
- (Europe,Italy,Etruria (Italy - archaic))
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Materials
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Dimensions
- Weight: 1410 grammes
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Curator's comments
Burnett, Andrew and Paul T. Craddock and Nigel Meeks. ‘Italian currency bars.’ Italian Iron Age Artefacts in the British Museum. Papers of the Sixth British Museum Classical Colloquium, 1982, edited by Judith Swaddling. London: British Museum Publications Ltd, 1986. p. 127-130.
See Tripp, David Enders. ‘Coinage.’ Etruscan life and afterlife: a handbook of Etruscan studies, edited by Larissa Bonfante. Warmister: Aris & Phillips, 1986. p. 203, fig. VI.17.
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Bibliography
- Haeb 5, p.16
- Haeb 5, p.16
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Location
On display: G71/dc14/no3
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Acquisition name
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Acquisition date
1874
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Department
Coins & Medals
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Registration number
1874,0714.102
Unknown
COMPASS Title: Bronze ramo secco bar
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