v47_0004 - ETRURIA - POPULONIA Didrachme ou 20 assi
MONNAIES 47 (2011)
Starting price : 950.00 €
Estimate : 1 600.00 €
Realised price : 1 800.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 1 900.00 €
Starting price : 950.00 €
Estimate : 1 600.00 €
Realised price : 1 800.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 1 900.00 €
Type : Didrachme ou 20 assi
Date: c. 211-206 AC.
Mint name / Town : Étrurie, Populonia
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21 mm
Weight : 8,35 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large parfaitement centré. Très beau portrait avec une expression saisissante
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection A. A. S.
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE ; AU-DESSOUS, X:X.
Obverse description : Tête de Gorgone diadémée de face, la bouche ouverte, la langue tirée, les cheveux longs tombant de chaque côté ; grènetis linéaire circulaire.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Lisse avec une excroissance de métal.
Commentary
Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire de la collection Delepierre (SNG. Delepierre, n° 99, pl. II = SNG France 6/ 8, pl. I).
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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