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Silver 1 As Silenus series: simple face
| Issuer | Populonia |
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| Year | 301 BC - 206 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Vecchi-III#–, HN Italy#232, EC 1#123, SNG ANS 1#23 |
| Obverse description | Facing head of Silenus rendered in a simplified, schematic style, with broad flat features including wide-set eyes, a snub nose, and a broad mouth, all centrally placed within the flan. The design is boldly struck yet artistically restrained, consistent with the 'simple face' sub-series of the Populonian Silenus coinage. The field is plain with no inscription or border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Populonia, on the Etruscan coast north of Piombasa, was the only Etruscan city known to have struck its own coinage directly from locally smelted ore — iron from Elba crossed the channel to the mainland smelters, and the silver almost certainly came through the same commercial networks that made the city wealthy. The As denomination in this series was the smallest practical unit, struck at a weight already reduced from earlier Populonian standards, reflecting incremental monetary pressure during a period when Rome was systematically absorbing Etruscan political autonomy.