A COLLECTION OF ETRUSCAN, EARLY ITALIAN AND ROMAN COINAGE, STRUCK COINAGE, Etruria, Populonia (3rd Century BC), Silver 5-Asses, diademed and bearded male head facing right, V behind, rev blank, 1.96g (EC Series 89.28 (2458) (O1), this coin; Sambon 98; Vecchi, SNR 71, 1992, 42-3; HN Italy 174). Dark old cabinet tone, good very fine and rare.
purchased from Spink & Son Ltd, 10 October 1957
Estimate: £600-800