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

Match 1:
Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 119Auction date: 24 April 2024
Lot number: 63

Price realized: 200 GBP   (Approx. 249 USD / 233 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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: 300 GBP

Match 2:
Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 116Auction date: 18 January 2024
Lot number: 10

Price realized: 96 GBP   (Approx. 122 USD / 112 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Etruria, Populonia Æ Triens. Late 3rd century BC. Head of Menvra to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / Owl standing facing with spread wings; Etruscan legend 'pvplvna' below, four pellets above; c/m: crescent above two pellets. Cf. EC I, 133; HN Italy 184; HGC 1, 175. 22.53g, 31mm, 7h.

Good Fine.

From the Mike Ballerini Collection, collector's ticket included.

Estimate: 160 GBP

Match 3:
Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXXAuction date: 21 March 2024
Lot number: 22

Price realized: 240 GBP   (Approx. 304 USD / 280 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Etruria, Populonia Æ Triens. Circa 215-211 BC. Head of Menvra to right, wearing Corinthian helmet; •••• (mark of value) below / Etruscan legend 'pvplvna', owl facing with wings spread; •••• (mark of value) between, countermarked crescent over line with two pellets. EC I, 133.26 (this coin); HN Italy 184; Sambon 114; HGC 1, 175. 20.14g, 30mm, 11h.

Very Fine, weakly struck. Rare.

This coin published in I. Vecchi, Etruscan Coinage Part 1 (Milan, 2012);
Ex VCV Collection, Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction 10, 27 September 2015, lot 87 (hammer: GBP 700).

The main bronze issues are made up of various denominations tariffed in unciae (represented by pellets) on a weight standard based on a nominal bronze as of 81g which was extant in Rome after the post-semilibral phase of c. 215-212 BC (Crawford 1974, 41).

Estimate: 400 GBP

Match 4:
Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXXAuction date: 21 March 2024
Lot number: 23

Price realized: 1,100 GBP   (Approx. 1,393 USD / 1,283 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Etruria, Populonia Æ Sextans. Circa 215-211 BC. Diademed head of young Hercle to right, club over shoulder / Etruscan legend 'pvplvna', bow, arrow and club; •• (mark of value) between. EC I, 136.15 (this coin); HN Italy 187; Sambon 116; HGC 1, 181. 12.22g, 28mm, 5h.

Good Very Fine. Rare, and unusually well preserved for this issue.

This coin published in I. Vecchi, Etruscan Coinage Part 1 (Milan, 2012);
Ex VCV Collection, Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction 10, 27 September 2015, lot 90 (hammer: GBP 1,800).

Estimate: 1500 GBP

Match 5:
Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXXAuction date: 21 March 2024
Lot number: 24

Price realized: 120 GBP   (Approx. 152 USD / 140 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Etruria, Populonia Æ Sextans. Circa 215-211 BC. Diademed head of young Hercle to right, club over shoulder / Etruscan legend 'pvplvna', bow, arrow and club; •• (mark of value) between. EC I, 136.18 (this coin); HN Italy 187; Sambon 116; HGC 1, 181. 13.67g, 30mm, 5h.

Very Fine; edge split. Rare.

This coin published in I. Vecchi, Etruscan Coinage Part 1 (Milan, 2012);
Ex Baldwin's Auctions Ltd., Auction 99, 4 May 2016, lot 567;
Ex Lord Renfrew Collection, purchased from Spink & Son Ltd, 21 September 1960.

Estimate: 100 GBP