v11_0002 - ETRURIA - POPULONIA Didrachme ou 20 assi
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 426.86 €
Estimate : 686.02 €
Realised price : 557.35 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 557.35 €
Starting price : 426.86 €
Estimate : 686.02 €
Realised price : 557.35 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 557.35 €
Type : Didrachme ou 20 assi
Date: c. 211-206 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20 mm
Weight : 7,38 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire parfaitement centré, très légèrement tréflé. Légère faiblesse de frappe dans la chevelure. Petite trace de monture ancienne sur la tranche
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire vient de la vente Vinchon du 10 juin 1985, n° 5
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE ; AU-DESSOUS, X U X.
Obverse description : Tête de Gorgone de face, la bouche ouverte, la langue tirée.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Lisse.
Commentary
Poids léger.
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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