POPULONIA SILVER 20 ASSES – METUS (MEDUSA) TYPE – GOOD VF ETRUSCAN COIN (Inv. 19908)

$2,950.00

19908. ETRURIA. POPULONIA. Ca. 3rd century BC.
Silver 20 Asses, 8.24 g, 22 mm.
Obv. Facing head of Metus (Medusa), X:X (the mark of value) below. Rev. Blank, as struck, circular blob at center.
Vecchi, Etruscan Coinage, Group XII, Series 47.120–55 (O13/R17); HN Italy 146; HGC 1, 111.
Ex Classical Numismatic Review XXXIX.1 (Spring 2014), no. 975485 = Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio 182, 1/10/2014, lot 5.
Good VF, nice cabinet toning, minor tooling on the right side of the hair, thus not suitable for NGC encapsulation.