bronze and later copper coin used in Ancient Rome
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c. 240 – 225 BC. Æ Aes grave As
The as (pl.: assēs), occasionally assarius (pl.: assarii; Ancient Greek: ἀσσάριον, romanized: assárion), was a bronze, and later copper, coin used during the Roman Republic and Roman Empire.
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