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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2441592, member: 51347&quot;]Prior to the rise of Rome, and as a direct influence on Rome&#039;s growth, were the Etrurians.&nbsp; They were an ancient race where historians debate who they are and where these people come from.&nbsp; Their language, customs, and burial habits were different from the surrounding peoples of Italia.&nbsp; Rome borrowed many words and customs from the Etruscans, but they also held scorn for them.&nbsp; The first Roman Kings were Etruscans, until Lucius Tarquinius Superbus was deposed in 506 BCE which paved the way for the Roman Republic.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]508923[/ATTACH]</p><p>This is their influence from their beginnings in the 8th Century BCE through the 5th C BCE.&nbsp; Today, we know their core homeland as roughly Tuscany, north of Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p>Silver coinage, like the rest of Central Italy, came late.&nbsp; Prior Aes and Bronze coinage was used and traded.</p><p><br /></p><p>I became fascinated with coins from Etruria for sometime, but lately a few interesting coins surfaced that I captured.</p><p><br /></p><p>I lost out on the recent Baldwin auctions, and felt that I would have a long wait to find any Etruscan coins.&nbsp; However, I went to the Carolina Coin Show in Charlotte yesterday, wearing a NOW lucky [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] <b><i>Crack&#039;em Out Shirt</i></b>, and captured a GREAT coin.&nbsp; AND... it WAS the ONLY coin I captured that was slabbed.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I immediately de-slabbed it using my vise method... easy, safe, 3 turns on the long and short sides, and the sonic weld popped, freeing the little guy!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]508924[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]508925[/ATTACH]</p><p>Etruria, Populonia </p><p>3rd Century BC </p><p>Silver 20-Asses </p><p>8.1g, ovoid 16.6mm x 20mm</p><p>Obv: Facing head of Metus, hair bound with a diadem, X:X below</p><p>Rev blank </p><p>Sambon 47; HN Italy 152</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Metus</b> was the Etrurian name of the similar Greek God Deimos or fear or <b>terror</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>And... I won BIG... I captured this MUCH less than the recent auction hammer prices!&nbsp; I was wowed...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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