Ariminum’s heavy pound
Ariminum was Roman colony founded 368 BCE. Gorini 2010 gives a full study to the coinage and places its first aes grave series in the period from 264-241 BCE i.e. the First Punic War. He also says that the series is based on a pound of 380g. That’s MUCH heavier than the Roman pound (whatever… Continue reading Ariminum’s heavy pound