Silver 5 Asses Female head series I

Populonia, on the Etruscan coast of what is now Tuscany, was the only Etruscan city to mint its own coinage directly — every other Etruscan center relied on imported or traded coin. This silver fraction belongs to the Female Head series, one of several denominations Populonia produced as its port economy demanded increasingly subdivided silver for small transactions. The city's monetary output collapsed entirely after 211 BC when Rome sacked and largely depopulated it during the Second Punic War's aftermath.

The Vecchi-III reference number is unassigned, suggesting this specific die pairing remains uncatalogued or awaiting classification.