| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII Online Sessions | Auction date: 17 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 5009 Price realized: 850 USD (Approx. 781 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ETRURIA, Populonia. Circa 300-250 BC. AV 10 Asses (8mm, 0.55 g). Bare head of male right; X (mark of value) behind neck / Blank. EC Group IX, Series 31, 407–10 (O4); HN Italy 136. Struck with worn obverse die. VF. From the Kalevala Collection. Ex British Connoisseur Collection (Part 2, Artemide LII, 26 October 2019), lot 21. Estimate: 500 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126 | Auction date: 28 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 10 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: ETRURIA, Populonia. 3rd century BC. AR 20 Asses (20mm, 8.15 g). Diademed facing head of Metus; [X : X (mark of value) below] / Blank. EC Group XII, Series 58.11 (O31 – this coin, illustrated); HN Italy 152; SNG BN 6–7 (same die); SNG Lockett 40 = Bement 19 (same die). Toned, light scratches under tone on reverse. Good VF. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Dr. P. Vogl Collection (Leu Numismatik 7, 24 October 2020), lot 1075; Leu 57 (25 May 1993), lot 1. Estimate: 2000 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126 | Auction date: 28 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 11 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot | |
| Lot description: ETRURIA, Populonia. 3rd century BC. AR 20 Asses (21mm, 8.27 g). Diademed facing head of Metus; X X (mark of value) below / Blank. EC Group XII, Series 59.45 (O36 – this coin, illustrated); HN Italy 152; BMC 12 (same die); SNG Fitzwilliam 62 (same die). Toned, traces of find patina, minor spots of roughness, a little die wear, some light scratches under tone. VF. From the Mesogeios Collection. Ex Peus 433 (1 November 2022), lot 1009; Gorny & Mosch 141 (10 October 2005), lot 26; Künker 97 (7 March 2005), lot 87; Münzen und Medaillen GmBH 4 (19 March 1999), lot 1; Ahlström 51 (8 April 1995), lot 1534. Estimate: 1000 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 562 | Auction date: 15 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 11 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot | |
| Lot description: ETRURIA, Populonia. Circa 300-250 BC. AR 20 Asses (19.5mm, 8.34 g). Diademed facing head of Metus; X [: X] (mark of value) below / Blank. EC Group XII, Series 37 (O1/R1); HN Italy 142. Toned, typical die wear. VF. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 523 (7 September 2022), lot 13; Bertolami Fine Arts 24 (22 June 2016), lot 8. Estimate: 600 USD |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Auction 15 | Auction date: 1 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 6 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot | |
| Lot description: ETRURIA. Populonia. Circa 300-250 BC. 10 Asses (Silver, 18 mm, 4.22 g). Laureate and slightly bearded head of Aplu to left; to right, X (mark of value). Rev. Blank. EC Group XVI, Series 70.136 (this coin, O1). HGC 1, 120. HN Italy 168. SNG ANS 26 (same dies). SNG Paris 44 (same obverse die). Well centered and with a fine juvenile head of Aplu. The usual minor die wear and with a few faint scratches on the reverse, otherwise, nearly extremely fine. From the Graeculus Collection, Peus 427, 4 November 2020, 24 and ex Sternberg XXXI, 27 October 1996, 11. Estimate: 3500 CHF |  |
Match 5:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Auction 15 | Auction date: 1 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 5 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot | |
| Lot description: ETRURIA. Populonia. Circa 300-250 BC. 20 Asses (Silver, 24 mm, 8.61 g). Diademed facing head of Metus with protruding tongue; below, X:X (mark of value). Rev. Blank. EC Group XII, 58.118 (this coin, O33). HGC 1, 111. HN Italy 152. SNG Ashmolean 5 (same obverse die). SNG Paris 9 (same obverse die). Beautifully toned and perfectly centered on an unusually complete flan, an exceptional example and undoubtedly among the finest known. Very light die wear on the obverse, otherwise, good extremely fine. Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG 75, 4 December 1989, 5. As one of the few Etruscan settlements with access to the sea, Populonia (etr. 𐌐𐌖𐌐𐌋𐌖𐌍𐌀, or Pupluna), located opposite the island of Elba, played an important role early on as a trading city. However, it gained particular significance as the center for smelting the iron ore extracted from Elba. The enormous slag waste generated over almost a millennium of industrial iron smelting was deposited along the entire southern coast of the peninsula and further processed by an Italian smelting company from 1929 to 1969, during which significant Tholoi were uncovered - evidently, during the late period of the city, the slag was haphazardly dumped over some of the city's nekropoleis. Populonia's wealth is evidenced not least by its coinage, which represents by far the most significant among the Etruscan cities. A particularly popular motif is the head of the Medusa with protruding tongue. The Gorgon was known to the Etruscans as Metus, and her name would later enter the Latin language as a loanword for 'fear.' Unfortunately, many of the coins from Populonia are struck from poor dies on small flans, often exhibiting die rust and striking weaknesses. Our specimen, however, depicts the head of Metus in full size on an unusually broad flan and undoubtedly belongs to the finest surviving examples of this impressive coinage. Estimate: 10000 CHF |  |
