Etruria, Populonia AR 20 Asses. 3rd Century BC. Facing head of Metus, hair bound with diadem; X:X (mark of value) below / Uncertain round protuberance. EC I, 47.137 (this coin - O13/R17); HN Italy 146.

NGC graded Ch VF 4/5 - 4/5 (#4681600-002).

This coin published in I. Vecchi, Etruscan Coinage Part 1 (Milan, 2013);
Ex Collection of Etruscan, Early Italian and Roman Coinage, Baldwin’s Auctions Ltd., Auction 99, 4 May 2016, lot 547;
Ex Lord Renfrew Collection 38, with ticket noting its purchase from A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd. on 23 December 1955 and previous purchase in Paris;
Ex Adolph E. Cahn, Auction 80, 27 February 1933, lot 18;
Ex Nordheim & Anderson collections, Glendining’s, 3 December 1929, lot 676;
Ex Barron Collection, J. Hirsch, Auction 30, 11 May 1911, lot 9.