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| 正面描述 | 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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| 铸币厂 | Populonia |
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| 附加信息 |
Struck in the shadow of Hannibal's Italian campaigns, this bronze issue emerged when Populonia — the only Etruscan city to mint coins directly from its own ore — entered a brief alliance with neighboring Vetulonia. The Second Punic War had devastated Roman allied networks across the peninsula, creating both the political pressure and the practical necessity for smaller Etruscan centers to coordinate resources, including coinage production.
Populonia's metallurgical independence was unique among Etruscan mints; the city sat atop iron deposits on the Piombino promontory and had smelted its own bronze for generations before this issue.