1 Sextans Club series

Features

Issuer Volaterrae (Etruria)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 230 BC - 220 BC
Value 1 Sextans = ⅙ As
Currency As (circa 230-220 BC)
Composition Bronze
Weight 25.37 g
Diameter 34 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
178167
References ICC# 140,
Italo Vecchi; 2013. Italian Cast Coinage. B & H Kreindler, London, United Kingdom.
HN Italy# 109f,
N. Keith Rutter, Andrew Burnett; 2001. Historia numorum : Italy. British Museum Press, London, United Kingdom.
Catalli# 73f,
Fiorenzo Catalli; 1998. Monete Etrusche (2nd edition). Libreria dello Stato, Rome, Italy.
Haeberlin# p. 248,
Ernst Justus Haeberlin; 1910. Aes Grave : das Schwergeld Roms und Mittelitaliens einschliesslich der ihm vorausgehenden Rohbronzewährung. Joseph Baer, Frankfurt, Germany.
SNG Firenze 2# 924
Fiorenzo Catalli; 2007. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Italia, Firenze / Part 2. Etruria : Museo Archeologico Nazionale. Numismatica Ars Classica, Florence, Italy.

Obverse

Janiform head of Culsan wearing petasos.

Reverse

Club one dot to the left, one dot to the right, and surrounded by legend.

Script: Greek

Lettering: VELA - ΘRI

Translation: Volaterrae

Edge

Smooth.

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ND (230 BC - 220 BC) 

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