Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 17. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ETRURIA, Populonia. 3rd century BC. AR As (0.92 g). Scruple standard. Octopus / Blank. Vecchi I 44 (same obv. die); HN Italy 227 (uncertain mint); SNG ANS 20; SNG France -; SNG Lloyd 20-1; de Nanteuil 29 (same obv. die); Jameson 18. EF, toned, a hint of porosity on reverse. Very rare, and the second known from this obverse die.

Ex Peter J. Laux Collection (Triton X, 9 January 2007), lot 18.