1 Triens Value series

Obverse description	Head of a deity or heroic figure facing left, rendered in the archaic Etruscan style characteristic of central Italian bronze coinage of the late 3rd century BC. The portrait is executed in low relief with broad, somewhat schematic modelling, showing a helmeted or wreathed head with prominent facial features. The flan is irregular and the surfaces show typical casting characteristics of the heavy aes grave tradition. No legend appears on this face. The overall style reflects the distinctive Etruscan artistic vocabulary blended with Greek iconographic influence.
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Reverse description	A large wheel or spoked design occupies the central field, a common device on Etruscan aes grave coinage functioning as a value mark or civic symbol. Four spokes radiate from a central hub, dividing the field into quadrants, with the Etruscan inscription distributed across the field. The letters VELA and ΘRI, reading as the toponym for Volaterrae, appear within the quadrants formed by the wheel's spokes. The flan is irregular and cast, with a rough, pitted surface consistent with the aes grave series. The design is bold and schematic, typical of the Value series coinage attributed to the Etruscan city of Volaterrae.
Reverse script	Etruscan
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