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Silver 1/2 As Male head series II
| Issuer | Populonia |
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| Year | 301 BC - 206 BC |
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| Value | 1/2 As |
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| Obverse description | Bare male head in profile facing right, rendered in archaic Etruscan style with summary facial features. The numeral mark indicating the denomination (V, signifying one-half) appears in the field to the right or behind the head. The die work is characteristic of the Populonian silver series, with the head occupying the majority of the flan. The coin exhibits the irregular, somewhat crude flan typical of hammered Etruscan issues of this period. |
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| Obverse script | Etruscan |
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| Reverse description | Completely plain and blank, this being a uniface issue struck with a flat reverse die. The reverse exhibits only the natural surface of the silver flan, with slight irregularities consistent with the hammered production technique. No design, legend, or device of any kind is present, a characteristic feature of this series of Populonian fractional coinage. |
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