Etruria, Populonia
20 units circa 300-250, AR 19 mm, 8.30 g. Gorgoneion; below, X:X. Rev. Traces of uncertain legend. EC 37.67 (this coin). Vecchi II, 13.16 (this coin). BMC 28 (these dies). SNG ANS 79 (these dies). McClean 129 (these dies). Historia Numorum Italy 142 (these dies).
Struck on fresh metal and with a lovely old cabinet tone. Extremely fine
Ex Naville IV, 1922, 7; Hess 253, 1983, 2 and Triton XX, 2017, 2 sales. From the Michailovitch and a Scandinavian private collections.
Price realized | 4'000 CHF |
Starting price | 3'200 CHF |
Estimate | 4'000 CHF |