Watch List notes:

ETRURIA, Populonia. 3rd century BC. Bronze (18mm, 4.91 g 7). Negro head to right. Rev. Elephant with bell at neck, standing right; below, Etruscan G = ɔ. HN Italy 69. SNG ANS 36. SNG Copenhagen 48. Rare. Scratches on both sides, good fine.


This coin shows one of the earliest numismatic depictions of an inhabitant of a Nubian or Aethiopian - earlier examples are known from Delphi and Lesbos.