CNG 84, Lot: 22. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ETRURIA, Populonia. 3rd century BC. AR 20 Asses (18mm, 8.29 g). Facing Metus wearing diadem; X : X (mark of value) below / Blank. Vecchi II 38 corr. (same obv. die); HN Italy 152. Good VF, toned. Good metal.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.

The mark of value is described as X X in Vecchi, but the colon between them, clearly visible on the present coin, is also visible, albeit barely, in the illustration of the one example he located.