CNG 111, Lot: 5. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ETRURIA, Populonia. Circa 300-250 BC. AR 20 Asses (20.5mm, 8.27 g). Diademed facing head of Metus; X : X (mark of value) below / Crude inscription (possibly reading poplv in Etruscan). EC Group XII, Series 37, dies O1/R1; HN Italy 142; SNG ANS 79 (same dies). Good VF, toned, trace deposits, some roughness and granularity on reverse.