Live auction - bgr_412195 - ETRURIA - POPULONIA Drachme ou 10 assi

ETRURIA - POPULONIA Drachme ou 10 assi AU

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Estimate :	1 500 €
Price :	910 €
Maximum bid :	1 100 €
End of the sale :	13 December 2016 14:01:01
bidders :	2 bidders

Type : Drachme ou 10 assi

Date: c. 211-206 AC.

Mint name / Town : Étrurie, Populonia

Metal : silver

Diameter : 17,5 mm

Weight : 4,25 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Bel exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré avec le grènetis visible. Petit défaut avec un début de cassure de coin. Belle patine de collection anciene

Catalogue references :

Vecchi2229 70/235 (A/ 3) - MIAMG.121 (R) (1250€) - Cop.39 - HN. Italy168 - SNG. France 6./45 - ANS.- - Samb.73 - BMC.14 - Delepierre103

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient de la liste de Nicola IX, 1962, n° 104

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE, DERRIÈRE X.

Obverse description : Tête masculine laurée à gauche.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Reverse description : Lisse avec une excroissance oblongue.

Commentary

Même coin de droit que l’exemplaire du British Muséum (BMC. 14) et que l’exemplaire de la collection Delepierre n° 103. Début de cassure de coin caractéristique.

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.