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v38_0002 - ETRURIA - POPULONIA Didrachme ou 20 assi

ETRURIA - POPULONIA Didrachme ou 20 assi XF
MONNAIES 38 (2009)
Starting price : 380.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
Realised price : 410.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 410.00 €
Type : Didrachme ou 20 assi
Date: c. 211-206 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20 mm
Weight : 8,52 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier bien centré. Beau portrait. Patine de collection ancienne, légèrement cornée entre 3 et 5 heures au droit
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES IV, n° 1 et de MONNAIES 34, 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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