1 As Cantharus series

The heavy cast aes grave of central Italy presents persistent attribution problems, and this cantharus series is no exception — "uncertain city" is not a cataloger's evasion but a genuine scholarly impasse. The drinking vessel type links it broadly to Campanian or Samnite cultural spheres, but no secure hoard evidence has yet pinned production to a single mint. Haeberlin's foundational 1910 study grouped these pieces typologically, and the classification has held, even as the issuing authority remains unresolved.