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1 Sextans Wheel / Anchor, struck
| Issuer | Uncertain Etruscan mint |
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| Year | 225 BC - 211 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | ND (225 BC - 211 BC) |
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The wheel and anchor pairing on this fractional bronze has long frustrated attribution efforts — no Etruscan city has been definitively linked to the type, and the mint remains unresolved despite decades of scholarly debate. What is clear is that production falls within the period of Rome's escalating dominance over Etruria, when local bronze coinage was increasingly squeezed out by the expanding Roman monetary system. The anchor, appearing on several unattributed central Italian bronzes of this period, may signal maritime commercial interests, though the exact community behind the issue remains open.