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NYINC Signature Sale 3051 8-9 January 2017
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ETRURIA. Populonia. Ca. 300-250 BC. AR 10 asses (18mm, 4.19 gm). NGC Choice AU★ 4/5 - 5/5. Laureate head of Apulu (Etruscan Apollo) left, X (mark of value) behind / Blank. HN Italy 168. SNG ANS 26. SNG Lockett 45. Scattered die rust, otherwise struck in sound metal, beautifully toned and quite lovely.
This rare issue of the Etruscan city of Populonia features an laureate male head, probably representing the Etruscan deity Apulu, a local version of the Greek Apollo. Apulu was widely worshiped in pre-Roman Italy and may have lent his name to the region of Apulia on the heel of Italy (although the standard etymology is that the name derives from the Iapudes, a local Italic tribe). Unlike other coinages of the Hellenistic period, Populonian coins are regularly uniface, and it seems that the flans were laid out on a stone or other solid flat surface and then struck by a single die to create the type. Occasionally, the features of this surface are visible on the reverse.
Estimate: 2500-3500 USD
ETRURIA. Populonia. Ca. 300-250 BC. AR 10 asses (18mm, 4.19 gm). NGC Choice AU★ 4/5 - 5/5. Laureate head of Apulu (Etruscan Apollo) left, X (mark of value) behind / Blank. HN Italy 168. SNG ANS 26. SNG Lockett 45. Scattered die rust, otherwise struck in sound metal, beautifully toned and quite lovely.
This rare issue of the Etruscan city of Populonia features an laureate male head, probably representing the Etruscan deity Apulu, a local version of the Greek Apollo. Apulu was widely worshiped in pre-Roman Italy and may have lent his name to the region of Apulia on the heel of Italy (although the standard etymology is that the name derives from the Iapudes, a local Italic tribe). Unlike other coinages of the Hellenistic period, Populonian coins are regularly uniface, and it seems that the flans were laid out on a stone or other solid flat surface and then struck by a single die to create the type. Occasionally, the features of this surface are visible on the reverse.
Estimate: 2500-3500 USD