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1 Uncia Telamon?

Issuer Uncertain Etruscan mint
Year 301 BC - 201 BC
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Composition Bronze
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Obverse lettering TLAM
(Translation: [Telamon?])
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Mintage ND (301 BC - 201 BC) - Unique
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The so-called "Telamon" designation for this series remains debated — some scholars tie it to the Battle of Telamon in 225 BC, where a Roman-led force crushed a Gaesatae-led Gallic coalition in Etruria, theorizing that nearby mints struck emergency or victory-related issues in the aftermath. That connection is unproven and contested. What is clearer is that the issuing authority remains genuinely unresolved, with attributions spread across several Etruscan centers depending on which catalog you trust.

Haeberlin's die studies remain the most rigorous framework for this group, though the corpus is small enough that new specimens still shift the picture.