A Group of Attractive Populonia Gold Issues
536
Etruria, Populonia (c.300-250 BC), Gold 25-Asses, head of lion facing right, jaws open and tongue protruding, X-XV below and behind, rev blank, 1.37g (EC Series 21.24 (185) (O1), this coin; Sambon 2; Vecchi, SNR 67, 1988, 47.11, this coin; SNG Lloyd 10; HN Italy 128). About extremely fine, rare. £2500-3000 ex “Property of a Nobleman” (Count Laval Collection), Glendining’s, 18 April 1955, lot 3
537
Etruria, Populonia (c.300-250 BC), Gold 25-Asses, male head facing right, wearing a necklace, XXV behind, rev blank, 1.43g (EC Series 28.24 (279) (O1), this coin; Sambon 4; Vecchi, SNR 67, 1988, 53-4; SNG Lloyd 14-15; HN Italy 132). Extremely fine, rare. £2000-2500 purchased from A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd, 25 April 1955, reportedly from an old Populonian copper mine and sold to Baldwin’s by W. Everett together with lot 542.
538
Etruria, Populonia (c.300-250 BC), Gold 25-Asses, male head facing right, wearing a necklace, XXV behind, rev blank, 1.25g (EC Series 28.25 (280) (O1), this coin; Sambon 4; Vecchi, SNR 67, 1988, 53-4; SNG Lloyd 14-15; HN Italy 132). Extremely fine, rare. £2000-2500 purchased from Spink & Son Ltd, 10 September 1955
539
Etruria, Populonia (c.300-250 BC), Gold 10-Asses, young male head facing right, X below chin, rev blank, 0.52g (EC Series 29.24 (356) (O4), this coin, illustrated on pl. 20; Sambon 7; Vecchi, SNR 67, 1988, 58.1, this coin; SNG Lloyd 16; HN Italy 135). Extremely fine, rare. £1000-1500 ex Hess-Leu Auction 11, 24 March 1959, lot 3
540
Etruria, Populonia (3 rd Century BC), Gold 10-Asses, young male head facing left, X below chin, rev blank, 0.59g (EC Series 30.15 (375) (O1), this coin; Sambon 6; Vecchi, SNR 67, 1988, 59.2, this coin; SNG Lockett 44, this coin; HN Italy 134). Good very fine, toned, rare. £1000-1500 ex Lockett collection, Greek (Part I), Glendining’s, 25 October 1955, lot 27