ETRURIA, Populonia. Circa 300-250 BC. AR 10 Asses (17mm, 3.45 g). Laureate male head right; X (mark of value) behind / Blank. EC Series 70, 268 (O5– this coin); HN Italy 168; Sambon 73-4; SNG Ashmolean 18. VF, toned. Rare – the only example known for this obverse die.
Ex Lord Renfrew Collection, purchased from Spink, 1957; Angelo Signorelli (Part I, Santamaria, 25 October 1951), lot 16.