v11_0001 - ETRURIA - POPULONIA Didrachme ou 20 assi

ETRURIA - POPULONIA Didrachme ou 20 assi XF

MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 426.86 €
Estimate : 686.02 €
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Type : Didrachme ou 20 assi

Date: c. 211-206 AC.

Metal : silver

Diameter : 21,5 mm

Weight : 8,68 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Flan légèrement ovale avec un portrait de haut relief. Infimes petites marques sur la tranche

Catalogue references :

ANS.77 - MIAMG.89 - GC.274

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire vient de MONNAIES IV, 26 juin 1998, n° 1

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE ; AU-DESSOUS, X : X.

Obverse description : Tête de Gorgone de face, la bouche ouverte, la langue tirée.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE AVEC DES TRACES DE LETTRES ÉTRUSQUES.

Reverse description : Lisse.

Commentary

Trace importante de cassure de coin visible sur l’œil gauche de la tête de Gorgone. Même coin de droit que l’exemplaire de l’American Numismatic Society (ANS 77).

Historical background

ETRURIA - POPULONIA

(3rd century BC)

Populonia was located on the Tyrrhenian coast, not far from present-day Piombino, opposite the island of Elba. The city is mentioned by Virgil (Aeneid, 10, 172), Livy (HR. 28, 45, 15; 30, 39, 2), Pliny (HN. 3, 50), Strabo (G. 5, 223) and Ptolemy (G. 3, 1, 14). The Etruscan name of the city "Pupluna" is known to us thanks to a monetary inscription with an older form of "Fufluna". The foundation of the city would result from the first union of twelve tribes of Etruscan origin and a tribe coming from Volterra. The great period of economic expansion is in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC.

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