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1 Sextans Populonia and Vetulonia alliance
| Issuer | Populonia |
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| Year | 215 BC - 211 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Head of Sethlans (the Etruscan deity equated with Hephaestus/Vulcan) wearing a conical pileus, facing right, rendered in low relief in the archaic Etruscan style. An inscription appears in the field behind the head. The portrait displays broad, somewhat stylized facial features characteristic of late Etruscan coinage of the third century BC. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Blacksmith's tools — a pair of tongs and a hammer — depicted in the central field, emblematic of Sethlans as divine craftsman. Two pellets (mark of value for the sextans denomination) are placed between the tools. The entire design is framed by a surrounding legend naming the two allied cities, all struck in low relief on an irregular flan typical of Etruscan hammered bronze coinage. |
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