CNG 112, Lot: 7. Estimate $1000. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ETRURIA, Populonia. 3rd century BC. AR 5 Asses (13mm, 1.96 g). Diademed and bearded male head right; V (mark of value) to left / Blank. EC Series 89, 28 (O1– this coin); HN Italy 174; SNG ANS 32 (same die). Toned, slightly off center. Good VF.

From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XLI.2 (Summer 2016), no. 435129; Baldwin’s 99 (4 May 2016), lot 563; Lord Renfrew Collection, purchased from Spink, 10 October 1957.