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Silver 20 Asses Metus series: with diademed
| Issuer | Populonia |
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| Year | 301 BC - 206 BC |
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| Value | 20 Asses |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is uniface and entirely blank, exhibiting the flat, unworked surface typical of struck Etruscan coinage of this series. Faint die-contact marks and irregular flan texture are visible across the field, consistent with hammered production. No legend, device, or decorative element is present. |
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| Mint | Populonia |
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Populonia, the only Etruscan city known to have struck coins directly from locally smelted iron-ore slag, produced this issue at a mint whose operation was intimately tied to the metalworking industries of the Campigliese. The Metus series — named for the facing head associated with fear or dread — belongs to a prolonged emission spanning the Second and Third centuries BC, during which Populonia navigated increasingly difficult relations with an expanding Rome while maintaining an unusually independent monetary tradition long after most Etruscan centers had ceased striking.
The 20-as denomination is among the heavier silver fractions in the series, valued in part because so few Etruscan mints produced a comparably articulated weight standard in silver.