A COLLECTION OF ETRUSCAN, EARLY ITALIAN AND ROMAN COINAGE, STRUCK COINAGE, Etruria, Populonia (c.300-250 BC), Silver 20-Asses, facing head of Metus, hair bound with a diadem, X:X below, rev traces of a legend ('poplv') (?), 8.37g (EC Series 37.237 (657) (O1), this coin; Sambon 59.1; Vecchi, SNR 69, 1990, 13 & 53; HN Italy 142). Oval flan, cabinet tone, nearly extremely fine.
purchased from B A Seaby, 2 January 1955
Estimate: £500-700