Watch List notes:

ETRURIA. Populonia. Circa 300-250 BC. 20 Asses (Silver, 20 mm, 8.23 g). Diademed facing head of Metus with protruding tongue; below, [X:X] (mark of value). Rev. Blank with round protuberance. HN Italy 152. EC Group XII, 47.142 (this coin, O13/R17). SNG Paris 8. Minor roughness on the reverse, otherwise, about extremely fine.


From the Hestia Collection, formed over the past five decades, ex Gorny & Mosch 159, 8 October 2007, 11 (expertly cleaned since and with original ticket) and Rasmussen 774, 13 June 2007, 5636.