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1 Triens Menrva series II
| Issuer | Populonia |
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| Year | 215 BC - 211 BC |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | No legend |
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Populonia was the only Etruscan city to strike its own bronze and silver coinage consistently through the late Republican period, operating a mint that functioned with remarkable autonomy while Rome was systematically absorbing the surrounding region. The Menrva series — the Etruscan equivalent of Athena — was produced during the Second Punic War, when Hannibal's campaigns were disrupting Italian economic networks and forcing allied and semi-allied cities to maintain local coin supplies.
The triens, representing four unciae or one-third of the as, carries four pellets as its value mark. This particular series is catalogued as a second emission, distinguished from the earlier Menrva issues by subtle die characteristics documented by Vecchi.