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1 Sextans Sunburst series

Uitgever Populonia
Jaar 215 BC - 211 BC
Type Standard circulation coin
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Beschrijving voorzijde Bare male head facing right, rendered in archaic Etruscan style with curly hair and bold facial features. Two pellets (value marks) are positioned in the field behind the head, denoting the sextans denomination. The portrait is modeled in relatively high relief typical of Populonian bronze coinage, with the hair rendered in stylized curls.
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Populonia was the only Etruscan city to strike its own coinage directly in bronze and silver, rather than relying on the broader Italian monetary network. This sextans belongs to the Sunburst series, issued during the Second Punic War when Hannibal's campaigns through the Italian peninsula disrupted trade routes and forced many regional mints into emergency or expanded production. Whether Populonia struck these pieces to meet genuine monetary demand or to fund local defense arrangements remains debated — the city's political alignment during this period was ambiguous at best.

The sextans denomination carried two units of value within the uncial system, marked accordingly.

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