Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XVI 26 Sep 2018
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Etruria, Populonia AV 10 Units. Early 3rd century BC. Male head right, X before chin / Blank. EC I, 29.23 (this coin); HN Italy 135; Sambon 7. 0.55g, 9mm.
Extremely Fine. Very Rare.
From the collection of a Swiss Etruscologist;
This coin published in I. Vecchi, Etruscan Coinage, 2012;
Ex VCV Collection, Roma Numismatics X, 27 September 2015, lot 26.
The third and most extensive coin phase of Populonia consists of gold coins with marks of value of 50, 25, 12.5 and 10 (series 20-36) on a weight standard of a single gold unit of about 0.06g, very close to the standards of the gold litra of Sicily at the time of Agathokles from 304-289 BC, and the Roman gold Mars/eagle issues of c. 211 (Crawford 44/2-4) of 0.056g, one series of which is attributed to a mint in Etruria (Crawford 106/2).
Extremely Fine. Very Rare.
From the collection of a Swiss Etruscologist;
This coin published in I. Vecchi, Etruscan Coinage, 2012;
Ex VCV Collection, Roma Numismatics X, 27 September 2015, lot 26.
The third and most extensive coin phase of Populonia consists of gold coins with marks of value of 50, 25, 12.5 and 10 (series 20-36) on a weight standard of a single gold unit of about 0.06g, very close to the standards of the gold litra of Sicily at the time of Agathokles from 304-289 BC, and the Roman gold Mars/eagle issues of c. 211 (Crawford 44/2-4) of 0.056g, one series of which is attributed to a mint in Etruria (Crawford 106/2).