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20 Centesimae Incuse series: eagle
| Issuer | Populonia |
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| Year | 211 BC - 201 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bearded head of Tinia (the Etruscan equivalent of Zeus/Jupiter) in right profile, rendered with archaic artistic style typical of Etruscan coinage. The hair falls in wavy locks, and the beard is rendered with careful detail. The value mark 'XX' appears in the field behind the head, denoting the denomination of 20 centesimae. |
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| Obverse lettering | XX (Translation: 20) |
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Populonia, on the Etruscan coast of northern Tuscany, was virtually alone among ancient Italian cities in striking its own bronze coinage well into the third century BC — most Etruscan mints had long since ceased production. This issue falls within the final decades of Populonian independence, a period when Rome's consolidation of the peninsula following the Second Punic War left little room for autonomous civic monetary production. The city's bronze series effectively ends here.
The incuse technique employed on these bronzes is an archaizing choice, consciously echoing early Archaic Greek coinage rather than contemporary Italian practice.