130, Lot: 3. Estimate $300. Sold for $388. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ETRURIA, Populonia. 3rd century BC. Æ Triens (25mm, 11.02 g). Head of Hephaistos right, wearing pileus; X behind / Tongas and a hammer; four pellets between. Vecchi V 16/2 (this coin); SNG ANS 97 var.; SNG France 28; SNG Morcom -; HN Italy 195. Near VF, dark green and black patina.

From the Tony Hardy Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 7 (1-2 March 1994), lot 108.