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NYINC Signature Sale 3044 3-4 January 2016
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ETRURIA. Populonia. Ca. 300-250 BC. AR 10 asses (18mm, 4.19 gm) Laureate head of Apulu (Etruscan Apollo) left, X (mark of value) behind / Blank. HN Italy 168. SNG ANS 26. SNG Lockett 45. Scattered die rust, otherwise struck in sound metal, beautifully toned and quite lovely. NGC Choice AU★ 4/5 - 5/5.This rare issue of the Etruscan city of Populonia features an laureate male head, probably representing the Etruscan deity Apulu, a local version of the Greek Apollo. Apulu was widely worshiped in pre-Roman Italy and may have lent his name to the region of Apulia on the heel of Italy (although the standard etymology is that the name derives from the Iapudes, a local Italic tribe). Unlike other coinages of the Hellenistic period, Populonian coins are regularly uniface, and it seems that the flans were laid out on a stone or other solid flat surface and then struck by a single die to create the type. Occasionally, the features of this surface are visible on the reverse.
Estimate: 4000-5000 USD
ETRURIA. Populonia. Ca. 300-250 BC. AR 10 asses (18mm, 4.19 gm) Laureate head of Apulu (Etruscan Apollo) left, X (mark of value) behind / Blank. HN Italy 168. SNG ANS 26. SNG Lockett 45. Scattered die rust, otherwise struck in sound metal, beautifully toned and quite lovely. NGC Choice AU★ 4/5 - 5/5.This rare issue of the Etruscan city of Populonia features an laureate male head, probably representing the Etruscan deity Apulu, a local version of the Greek Apollo. Apulu was widely worshiped in pre-Roman Italy and may have lent his name to the region of Apulia on the heel of Italy (although the standard etymology is that the name derives from the Iapudes, a local Italic tribe). Unlike other coinages of the Hellenistic period, Populonian coins are regularly uniface, and it seems that the flans were laid out on a stone or other solid flat surface and then struck by a single die to create the type. Occasionally, the features of this surface are visible on the reverse.
Estimate: 4000-5000 USD