Watch List notes:

ETRURIA. Populonia. Circa 211-206 BC. 25 Asses (Gold, 13 mm, 1.40 g), struck during the Second Punic War. X - XV Lion's head to right, with open jaws and protruding tongue. Rev. Blank. HN III 128. SNG ANS 2. SNG Copenhagen 36. Vecchi I, 21.14 (this coin). Rare. Well-struck, sharp and attractive. Extremely fine.

Sold on behalf of the Compagnie Bancaire Helvétique, Switzerland, and from the collections of L. R. Stack, Stack's 14 January 2008, 2002 and that of T. Hardy, Triton VIII, 11 January 2005, 15.