A COLLECTION OF ETRUSCAN, EARLY ITALIAN AND ROMAN COINAGE, STRUCK COINAGE, Etruria, Populonia (late 3rd Century BC), Æ Sextans, diademed head of young Heracle facing right, club over shoulder, rev Etruscan legend ('pvplvna'), bow, arrow and club, two pellets between, 13.64g (EC 136.18 (2928) (O1/R3), this coin; Sambon 116; Vecchi, SNR 72, 8-11; HN Italy 187). Dark green patina, split in flan, nearly very fine and rare.
purchased from Spink & Son Ltd, 21 September 1960
Estimate: £120-160