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Silver 1 As Archaic wheel series: with value
| Issuer | Populonia |
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| Year | 401 BC - 301 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Archaic spoked wheel with four crossbars radiating from a central hub, rendered in a primitive, schematic style characteristic of early Etruscan coinage. The wheel design fills the central field and is enclosed within a roughly circular incuse border. The execution reflects the archaic artistic conventions of the Populonian mint during the fourth century BC. |
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| Mintage | ND (401 BC - 301 BC) |
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Populonia, an Etruscan city on the Tyrrhenian coast of northern Italy, was unusual among ancient minting authorities in striking silver coinage at unusually low denominations — most Etruscan mints favored bronze. The archaic wheel series is among the earliest issues attributed to this mint, and the marked value on this piece reflects a monetary sophistication that predates Rome's own silver coinage by roughly a century.