A COLLECTION OF ETRUSCAN, EARLY ITALIAN AND ROMAN COINAGE, STRUCK COINAGE, Etruria, Vetulonia (3rd Century BC), Æ Sextans, Etruscan legend ('vatl'), male head facing right, wearing ketos headdress, two pellets below, rev ornamental trident between two dolphins, a pellet on either side, 8.97g (EC 11.19 (67) (O2/R2), this coin; Sambon 122; Vecchi, SNR 78, 1999, 9-13; HN Italy 203). Olive-green patina, about very fine.
purchased from Spink & Son Ltd, November 1959
Estimate: £100-150