1 Uncia Series II

Vetulonia was among the Etruscan cities that Rome permitted to strike bronze coinage during the Second Punic War, likely as a practical measure to address the chronic small-change shortage that followed Cannae and the disruptions to Roman minting in 216–215 BC. The city had been politically subordinate to Rome for generations by this point, making its autonomous coinage a striking administrative concession — one Rome extended to several Italian allies under the pressures of Hannibal's Italian campaign.

The Series II attribution distinguishes this issue from the earlier, heavier Etruscan weight standard pieces, reflecting the Roman reduction of the as that was accelerating through precisely this period.