Ancient Coinage of Populonia-Vetulonia, Etruria


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BMC 1Populonia, Etruria, AR stater. 21 mm, ca. 211-200 BC. Head of youthful Herakles facing, wearing lionskin headdress, X to left and right / Club (partly off flan). Vecchi, RASNA II, 77; BMC 1; SNG Ashmolean 8.TextImage
BMC 9Populonia, Etruria, AR stater. 23mm. ca. 211-200 BC. Gorgoneion with taenia and protruding tongue, O X I : I X O below / Blank. Vecchi, RASNA II, 49; BMC 9; SNG ANS 83.TextImage
HN Italy 127Populonia, Etruria, Italy, AV 15mm, 50 Asses. ca 380-350 BC, 2.75 g. Lion’s head right with open jaws and protruding tongue; arrow head below / Blank. Vecchi I 46 (these dies). HN Italy 127; Sambon 1; AMB 8; SNG ANS 1.TextImage
HN Italy 127Populonia, Etruria, Italy, AV 12mm, 25 Asses. ca 380-350 BC, 2.75 g. Lion’s head right with open jaws and protruding tongue; behind, LX[X] / Blank. Vecchi I 47; HN Italy 128; Sambon 2; SNG ANS 2.TextImage
HN Italy 195Populonia, Etruria, AE triens, 3rd century BC. 26mm, 7.72 g. Head of Sethlans right, wearing pileus, X and star behind head / "pvplvna" in Etrurian beneath tongs and hammer; four dots between them. HN Italy 195; Vecchi 16/2; Etruscan Coinage I, 140.81; SNG Cop 7; Sambon 119.TextImage
Sambon 42Populonia, Etruria, AR 20 asses. Time of Hannibal, c. 211-206 BC. Gorgonian facing, XX below / Blank. TextImage
SNG ANS 26Populonia, Etruria. ca 211-200 BC. AR 10 Asses (4.25 gm). Laureate male head left (Aplu?); X behind / Blank. Vecchi 11, SNG Cop 38. TextImage
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SNG ANS 78Populonia, Etruria. ca 211-206 BC. AR 20 Asses (8.23 gm). Gorgoneion; X:X below / Blank. Vecchi 29, SNG Delepierre 99. TextImage
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SNG ANS 79Populonia, Etruria. Circa 3rd century BC. AR 20 Asses. Facing head of Metus; X X below / Blank. Vecchi II 61, HN Italy 152. TextImage
SNG ANS 81Populonia, Etruria, AR stater (20 Asses), 21 mm, 8.60 gr. Head of gorgoneion facing with long hair and protruding tongue / Two caducei in opposing directions. SNG Ashmolean 1; SNG ANS 81.TextImage
SNG ANS 89Populonia, Etruria. ca 211-206 BC. AR 20 Asses (8.08 gm). Youthful head of Herakles facing, in lion's skin headdress; [X-X] below on either side of neck / Blank. Vecchi 75/42. TextImage
SNG ANS 100Populonia-Vetulonia, Etruria. AE Sextans, 212-211 BC. 26mm. Youthful head (of Neptune?) right, wearing boar's skin, two dots behind / Head of trident, dolphin downwards on each side, two dots in field. Weber 78; Sambon 121a; SNG ANS 100.TextImage
Vecchi 12Etruria. Populonia. Sextans, 215-211 BC. 11.75 gr. 27mm. Helmeted head of Minerva right, two dots / PVPLVNA, Owl standing right, wings closed, head facing. Crescent at top left, star above, star to left. Cfr. Vecchi 4, 12/2; SNG Cop 4.TextImage
Vecchi 13Populonia, Etruria AR 10-asses or Denarius. 211–200 BC. Laureate head of Aplu left, mark of value X behind / Blank. SNG Oxford 14–17, HN Italy 168. TextImageRev
Vecchi 31Populonia, Etruria. After 211 BC. AE 25 Centesimae - Quadrans. Helmeted head of Minerva right, XXV before; all within a circle of dots surrounded by wreath / Incuse dolphin left, between two smaller incuse fish, all on a raised circle; waves around. TextImage
Vecchi 47Populonia, Etruria AV 25-asses. Circa 211-206 BC, Second Punic War issue. Lion's head right; X-XV below & behind / Blank. SNG ANS 2, SNG Cop 36. TextImage
Vecchi 54-1Populonia, Etruria AR Didrachm. After 211 BC. Gorgoneion with protruding tongue, mark of value [X X] below / Blank. HN Italy 152. TextImage
Vecchi 54-1vPopulonia, Etruria AR Didrachm. After 211 BC. Gorgoneion with protruding tongue, mark of value [X X] below / Blank. HN Italy 52. TextImage
Vecchi 75Populonia, Etruria. Ca. 211-200 B.C. AR 20 Asses. Facing portrait / blank. TextImage