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Silver 5 Asses Turms series III: facing left
| Issuer | Populonia |
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| Year | 301 BC - 206 BC |
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| Weight | 1.76 g |
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| Reverse description | Completely plain and blank, this coin being uniface; the reverse shows only the rough, unworked surface resulting from the hammered striking technique, with no design, legend, or ornamental element of any kind. |
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| Mint | Populonia |
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Populonia, the only Etruscan city known to have struck its own coinage directly from locally smelted iron-age ore, produced this series during a period of mounting Roman pressure on the Etruscan federation. The Ars Metallica of the region gave Populonia's moneyers unusually direct access to silver, likely sourced through Elba trade networks rather than war booty or tribute.
The Vecchi-III unlisted status is significant — this facing-left variant diverges from the more documented right-facing dies and almost certainly represents a separate emission, possibly a small administrative run. EC 1#85 acknowledges the type but the precise die relationship remains unresolved in the literature.