★ A nicely toned 20 asses from Populonia ★

ETRURIA. Populonia. Circa 300-250 BC. 20 Asses (Silver, 21 mm, 7.91 g). Diademed facing head of Metus with protruding tongue; below, X:X (mark of value). Rev. Blank except for globular perturbance. EC Group XII, 47 (O12/R17). HGC 1, 111. HN Italy 152. SNG Paris 8 ( same obverse die ). A lovely example with attractive iridescent toning. Minor deposits on the reverse, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection, Stack's Bowers, 14 January 2022, 4010 (with collector's ticket), acquired well before 2011.