Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXXAuction date: 21 March 2024
Lot number: 11

Price realized: 900 GBP   (Approx. 1,140 USD / 1,050 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Etruria, Populonia AR Didrachm (10 Units). Circa 425-400 BC. Head of Metus facing, hair bound with diadem; X (mark of value) below, dotted border / Blank. EC I, 8.1-20 (O1); HN Italy 117; HGC 1, 92. 7 65g, 22mm.

Good Very Fine; porous metal.

Ex Vitangelo Collection, Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XXII, 7 October 2021, lot 124 (hammer: GBP 950).

Estimate: 500 GBP

Match 1:
Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXXAuction date: 21 March 2024
Lot number: 19

Price realized: 440 GBP   (Approx. 557 USD / 513 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Etruria, Populonia AR 10 Asses. Circa 300-250 BC. Female head to right, wearing broad hair band and triple-pendant earring; + (mark of value) behind / Blank. EC I, 75.41-63 (O12); HN Italy 165; HGC 1, 123. 3.99g, 18mm.

Very Fine; pleasant old cabinet tone.

Ex Collection of a Swiss Etruscologist, Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XVI, 26 September 2018, lot 55 (hammer: GBP 1,000).

Estimate: 500 GBP

Match 2:
Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126Auction 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

Match 3:
Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126Auction 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

Match 4:
Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 117Auction date: 22 February 2024
Lot number: 14

Price realized: 360 GBP   (Approx. 454 USD / 420 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Etruria, Populonia AR 20 Asses. 3rd century BC. Facing head of Metus, tongue protruding, hair bound with granulated diadem; [X X] below / Octopus. EC I, 44 (O11/R?); HN Italy 148; Sambon 58; HGC 1, 107. 7.14g, 22mm, 6h.

Very Fine; scratches on rev., attractive old cabinet tone. Very Rare.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 90, 18 November 2021, lot 6.

Estimate: 250 GBP

Match 5:
Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXXAuction date: 21 March 2024
Lot number: 25

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


Etruria, Populonia Æ Triens of 10 Units. Circa 215-211 BC. Bust of Sethlans to right, wearing pileus decorated with laurel-wreath; X behind / Etruscan legend 'pvplvna' below hammer and tongs; •••• (mark of value) between. EC I, 140.54 (this coin); HN Italy 195; Sambon 119; HGC 1, 183. 8.04g, 24mm, 3h.

Very Fine. Rare.

This coin published in I. Vecchi, Etruscan Coinage Part 1 (Milan, 2012);
Ex VCV Collection, Auction X, 27 September 2015, lot 92 (hammer: GBP 800).

The final bronze issues (EC I, 139-140) are also tariffed with X and /X and may be metrologically connected with the remarkable struck bronze coins with incuse reverse and marks of value 1 to 100, cf. Uncertain Central Italy, EC I, 1-17.

Estimate: 500 GBP