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Æ <a href="/wiki/Aes_grave" title="Aes grave">Aes grave</a> As</figcaption></figure> <p>The <i><b><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">as</i></span></b></i> (<abbr title="plural form">pl.</abbr>: <i><b><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">assēs</i></span></b></i>), occasionally <i><b>assarius</b></i> (<abbr title="plural form">pl.</abbr>: <i><b>assarii</b></i>, rendered into <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek" title="Ancient Greek">Greek</a> as <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">ἀσσάριον</span></span>, <i><b>assárion</b></i>),<sup id="cite_ref-ODB_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was a <a href="/wiki/Bronze" title="Bronze">bronze</a>, and later <a href="/wiki/Copper" title="Copper">copper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coin" title="Coin">coin</a> used during the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Roman Republic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Republican_era_coinage">Republican era coinage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=As_(Roman_coin)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Republican era coinage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Romans replaced the usage of Greek coins, first by bronze ingots, then by disks known as the <i><a href="/wiki/Aes_rude" title="Aes rude">aes rude</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The system thus named <i>as</i> was introduced in ca. 280 BC as a large <a href="/wiki/Casting_(metalworking)" class="mw-redirect" title="Casting (metalworking)">cast</a> bronze coin during the Roman Republic. The following fractions of the <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">as</i></span> were also produced: the <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Bes_(coin)" title="Bes (coin)">bes</a></i></span> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac"><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span>), <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Semis" title="Semis">semis</a></i></span> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span>), <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Quincunx_(Roman_coin)" title="Quincunx (Roman coin)">quincunx</a></i></span> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">5</span>⁄<span class="den">12</span></span>), <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Triens" title="Triens">triens</a></i></span> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span>), <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Quadrans" title="Quadrans">quadrans</a></i></span> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span>), <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Sextans_(coin)" title="Sextans (coin)">sextans</a></i></span> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">6</span></span>), <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Uncia_(coin)" title="Uncia (coin)">uncia</a></i></span> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">12</span></span>, also a common weight unit), and <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Semuncia" title="Semuncia">semuncia</a></i></span> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">24</span></span>), as well as multiples of the <i>as</i>, the <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Dupondius" title="Dupondius">dupondius</a></i></span> (2), <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Sestertius" title="Sestertius">sestertius</a></i></span> (2<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span>), and <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">tressis</i></span> (3). </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Eckhel_i_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Eckhel_i_3.jpg/220px-Eckhel_i_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Eckhel_i_3.jpg/330px-Eckhel_i_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Eckhel_i_3.jpg/440px-Eckhel_i_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1866" data-file-height="860" /></a><figcaption>An etching of a <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Roman Republican</a> as</figcaption></figure> <p>After the <i>as</i> had been issued as a cast coin for about seventy years, and its weight had been reduced in several stages, a <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">sextantal</i></span> <i>as</i> was introduced (meaning that it weighed one-sixth of a pound). At about the same time a silver coin, the <i><a href="/wiki/Denarius" title="Denarius">denarius</a></i>, was also introduced. Earlier Roman silver coins had been struck on the Greek weight standards that facilitated their use in southern Italy and across the Adriatic, but all Roman coins were now on a Roman weight standard. The <i>denarius</i>, or 'tenner', was at first tariffed at ten <i>assēs</i>, but in about 140 BC it was retariffed at sixteen <i>assēs</i>. This is said to have been a result of financing the <a href="/wiki/Punic_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Punic War">Punic Wars</a>. </p><p>During the Republic, the <i>as</i> featured the bust of <a href="/wiki/Janus_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Janus (mythology)">Janus</a> on the obverse, and the prow of a <a href="/wiki/Galley" title="Galley">galley</a> on the reverse. The <i>as</i> was originally produced on the <a href="/wiki/Libral" class="mw-redirect" title="Libral">libral</a> and then the reduced libral weight standard. As the weight decreased, the bronze coinage of the Republic switched from being cast to being struck. During certain periods, no <i>as</i>ses were produced at all. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Imperial_era_coinage">Imperial era coinage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=As_(Roman_coin)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Imperial era coinage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:As-Nero-Ara_pacis-RIC_0562.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/As-Nero-Ara_pacis-RIC_0562.jpg/220px-As-Nero-Ara_pacis-RIC_0562.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/As-Nero-Ara_pacis-RIC_0562.jpg/330px-As-Nero-Ara_pacis-RIC_0562.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/As-Nero-Ara_pacis-RIC_0562.jpg/440px-As-Nero-Ara_pacis-RIC_0562.jpg 2x" data-file-width="572" data-file-height="276" /></a><figcaption>Nero as</figcaption></figure> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/Coinage_reform_of_Augustus" title="Coinage reform of Augustus">coinage reform of Augustus</a> in 23 BC, the <i>as</i> was struck in reddish pure copper (instead of bronze), and the <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Sestertius" title="Sestertius">sestertius</a></i></span> or 'two-and-a-halfer' (originally 2.5 <i>as</i>ses, but now four <i>as</i>ses) and the <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Dupondius" title="Dupondius">dupondius</a></i></span> (2 <i>as</i>ses) were produced in a golden-colored alloy of bronze known by <a href="/wiki/Numismatics" title="Numismatics">numismatists</a> as <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Orichalcum" title="Orichalcum">orichalcum</a></i></span>. The <i>as</i> continued to be produced until the 3rd century AD. It was the lowest valued coin regularly issued during the Roman Empire, with semis and <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Quadrans" title="Quadrans">quadrans</a></i></span> being produced infrequently, and then not at all sometime after the reign of <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius" title="Marcus Aurelius">Marcus Aurelius</a>. The last <i>as</i> seems to have been produced by <a href="/wiki/Aurelian" title="Aurelian">Aurelian</a> between 270 and 275 and at the beginning of the reign of Diocletian.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Byzantine_coinage">Byzantine coinage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=As_(Roman_coin)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Byzantine coinage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>as</i>, under its Greek name <i>assarion</i>, was re-established by the Emperor <a href="/wiki/Andronikos_II_Palaiologos" title="Andronikos II Palaiologos">Andronikos II Palaiologos</a> (r. 1282–1328) and minted in great quantities in the first half of the 14th century. It was a low-quality flat copper coin, weighing ca. 3–4 <a href="/wiki/Gram" title="Gram">grams</a> and forming the lowest denomination of contemporary <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_coinage" title="Byzantine coinage">Byzantine coinage</a>, being exchanged at 1:768 to the gold <i><a href="/wiki/Hyperpyron" title="Hyperpyron">hyperpyron</a></i>. It appears that the designs on the <i>assarion</i> changed annually, hence they display great variations. The <i>assarion</i> was replaced in 1367 by two other copper denominations, the <i><a href="/wiki/Tornese" class="mw-redirect" title="Tornese">tournesion</a></i> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Follaro" class="mw-redirect" title="Follaro">follaro</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-ODB_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=As_(Roman_coin)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roman_currency" title="Roman currency">Roman currency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_finance" title="Roman finance">Roman finance</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=As_(Roman_coin)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-ODB-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ODB_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ODB_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFKazhdan1991" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Kazhdan" title="Alexander Kazhdan">Kazhdan, Alexander</a>, ed. 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Third period<br />(1092 – ca. 1300)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><span class="nobold">Gold</span></dt> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/Hyperpyron" title="Hyperpyron">Hyperpyron</a></i></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">Electrum</span></dt> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/Trachy_(currency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Trachy (currency)">Nomisma trachy</a></i> <i><a href="/wiki/Aspron" title="Aspron">aspron</a></i> (<i>Trikephalon/Manouelaton</i>)</dd> <dt><span class="nobold">Billon</span></dt> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/Aspron" title="Aspron">aspron</a></i> <i><a href="/wiki/Trachy_(currency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Trachy (currency)">trachy</a></i> (<i><a href="/wiki/Histamenon" title="Histamenon">Stamenon</a></i>)</dd> <dt><span class="nobold">Copper</span></dt> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/Tetarteron#Copper_coin" title="Tetarteron">Tetarteron</a></i></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tetarteron#Copper_coin" title="Tetarteron">Half-<i>tetarteron</i></a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fourth period<br />(ca. 1300 – 1350s)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><span class="nobold">Gold</span></dt> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/Hyperpyron" title="Hyperpyron">Hyperpyron</a></i></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">Silver</span></dt> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/Basilikon" title="Basilikon">Basilikon</a></i></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">Billon</span></dt> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/Tornesel" title="Tornesel">Tournesion</a></i> (<i><a href="/wiki/Politikon" title="Politikon">Politikon</a></i>)</dd> <dt><span class="nobold">Copper</span></dt> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/Trachy_(currency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Trachy (currency)">Trachy</a></i></dd> <dd><i><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Byzantine_coinage">Assarion</a></i></dd></dl> 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title="Ancient Rome">Ancient Rome</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Proto-currency</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Bronze</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Aes_rude" title="Aes rude">Aes rude</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Aes_signatum" title="Aes signatum">Aes signatum</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Roman_Republican_currency" title="Roman Republican currency">Republican era</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Gold</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Aureus" title="Aureus">Aureus</a></dd> <dt>Silver</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Denarius" title="Denarius">Denarius</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sestertius" title="Sestertius">Sestertius</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Victoriatus" title="Victoriatus">Victoriatus</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Quadrigatus" title="Quadrigatus">Quadrigatus</a></dd> <dt>Bronze and copper</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Dupondius" title="Dupondius">Dupondius</a> (2 asses)</dd> <dd><a class="mw-selflink selflink">As</a> (1)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Dodrans" title="Dodrans">Dodrans</a> (<span class="frac"><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Bes_(coin)" title="Bes (coin)">Bes</a> (<span class="frac"><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Semis" title="Semis">Semis</a> (<span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Quincunx_(Roman_coin)" title="Quincunx (Roman coin)">Quincunx</a> (<span class="frac"><span class="num">5</span>⁄<span class="den">12</span></span>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Triens" title="Triens">Triens</a> (<span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span 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