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Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 14. Closing Date: Jan 
10, 2005. ETRURIA, Lucca(?). Circa 211-206 BC. 
AR 5 Asses (2.23 gm). Estimate $1500 Sold For 
$2200 

ETRURIA, Lucca(?). Circa 211-206 BC. AR 5 Asses 
2.23 gm). Hippocamp right; dolphins above and 
below, C above / Blank. Vecchi V 42; SNG France 82 
uncertain mint); SNG ANS 18; SNG Copenhagen -; HN 
Italy 100. Good VF, toned. Very rare. ($1500)

From the Tony Hardy Collection. Ex Triton VI (13 
January 2003), lot 24.

Recent finds indicate that Lucca may well be 
responsible for this highly unusual issue (cf. M. 
Zecchini, Lucca etrusca [Lucca, 1999], and the 
Gattaiola or Romito di Pozzuolo hoard [near 
Lucca], RIN 87 [1985], pp. 273-4).

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