| Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXX | Auction date: 21 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 22 Price realized: 240 GBP (Approx. 304 USD / 280 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| 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 |  |
