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30 Centesimae Incuse series: ray

Emittent Populonia
Jahr 211 BC - 201 BC
Typ Standard circulation coin
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Reversbeschreibung Incuse design depicting a stylized ray or thunderbolt symbol rendered in sunken relief, characteristic of the late Populonian bronze series. The motif is contained within the flat, undecorated field of the flan, with the incuse technique creating a stark contrast against the surrounding flat surface. The design is bold and geometric, reflecting the Etruscan artistic tradition of symbolic imagery on coinage. No legend or additional device is present on the reverse.
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Auflage ND (211 BC - 201 BC)
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Populonia, the only Etruscan city-state known to have minted its own coinage directly from locally smelted ore, produced this bronze issue during a decade defined by the catastrophic pressures of the Second Punic War. Hannibal's campaigns through central Italy disrupted regional economies profoundly enough that many Etruscan communities abandoned independent monetary production entirely. Populonia did not.

The incuse technique on this series — where the design is impressed into the flan rather than raised — reflects an archaic Etruscan minting tradition that Populonia retained long after it had been abandoned elsewhere in Italy.