Watch List notes:

Etruria, Populonia AR 20 Asses. Circa 300-250 BC. Helmeted head of Minerva facing, slightly turned to left; [X-X] across fields / Cluster of seven pellets and crescent; 'mi : pvplvna : les :' around. EC I, 68 (O3(?)/R12); HN Italy 159; Sambon 67. 7.76g, 23mm, 3h.

Good Fine; heavy cleaning marks to obv., attractive old cabinet tone. Extremely Rare; only three examples recorded by Vecchi and no others on CoinArchives.

From the collection of Italo Vecchi;
Ex Artemide Aste s.r.l. (San Marino), Asta LI, 27 April 2019, lot 24.