ETRURIA, Populonia. Circa 300-250 BC. AR 20 Asses (20mm, 8.39 g). Head of Menrva facing slightly left, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet; [X X (mark of value) flanking neck] / Star with four rays within crescent; [pv]plv[na] (in Etruscan) around. EC Series 67, 11 (O1/R1) = Vecchi II 79.4 = P. Petrillo Serafin, “Le serie monetarie de Populonia” in CCISN 5, pl. 18, 55 = Sambon 65.1 = Garrucci pl. 72, 31 = BMC Italy Appendix 1 (publ. 1873; this coin, illustrated in all but Sambon [as a line drawing in BMC]); Vicari 74; HN Italy 158; SNG Lloyd 8 (same dies); Hirsch 15 (same dies); McClean 133 (same dies). Old cabinet tone, a few scratches under tone, double struck on reverse. Good VF. Very rare.
Ex David Herman Collection (Triton X, 9 January 2007), lot 21; Hagen Tronnier Collection (Künker 94, 27 September 2004), lot 42; Hess-Leu 24 (16 April 1964), lot 13; British Museum Collection (deaccessioned).
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