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1 Didrachm Without legend
| Issuer | Vulci |
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| Year | 375 BC - 350 BC |
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| Weight | 11.48 g |
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| Obverse description | A large archaic wheel occupies the central field, its hub rendered as a prominent elongated projection or nave, supported by four crossbars dividing the wheel into quadrants. The entire device is set within a shallow incuse circle, with the irregular flan lending the design a characteristically archaic appearance consistent with early Etruscan coinage of the fourth century BC. |
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| Mintage | ND (375 BC - 350 BC) - Only 5 examples known |
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Vulci was among the wealthiest Etruscan cities of the fourth century BC, its prosperity built on bronze-working and a Mediterranean trade network that reached Carthage and the Greek colonies of Magna Graecia. That commercial reach made the need for a silver coinage practical rather than ceremonial. The absence of any legend is characteristic of early Etruscan silver and reflects a civic identity communicated through image alone — writing on coinage was a Greek habit Etruria adopted only gradually.
The references here align this piece with the earliest stratum of Vulcian silver production, with Vecchi's corpus treating it as a foundational type for the city's output.