1 Didrachm

Aversbeschreibung	Facing head of a bull in three-quarter view turned to the right, rendered in bold relief with prominent horns and carefully detailed musculature. The head is enclosed within a linear border, with the Etruscan legend disposed around the field in archaic Greek-derived characters. Individual letters of the ethnic legend ΘEILE (Thezle, the Etruscan name of Vulci) are placed in the upper field and lower exergual area, flanking the central device. The engraving reflects the strong Etrusco-Greek artistic tradition characteristic of fourth-century central Italian coinage.
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Zusätzliche Informationen	Vulci was among the wealthiest Etruscan cities of the fourth century BC, its prosperity built on bronze-working and a trade network stretching across the Mediterranean. That an inland Etruscan center struck silver didrachms at all reflects the degree to which Greek monetary conventions had penetrated Etruria by this period — the didrachm weight standard itself borrowed directly from the Greek colonial mints of southern Italy. Genuine examples are rare in any condition. HN Italy 208 records only a handful of die-linked specimens across major collections.