A COLLECTION OF ETRUSCAN, EARLY ITALIAN AND ROMAN COINAGE, STRUCK COINAGE, Etruria, Populonia (c.300-250 BC), Gold 25-Asses, male head facing right, wearing a necklace, XXV behind, rev blank, 1.25g (EC Series 28.25 (280) (O1), this coin; Sambon 4; Vecchi, SNR 67, 1988, 53-4; SNG Lloyd 14-15; HN Italy 132). Extremely fine, rare.
purchased from Spink & Son Ltd, 10 September 1955
Estimate: £2000-2500