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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 4535639, member: 51347"]What a great find! Nice! This size - Unit/As? are tough to get, and they are so small, I imagine they are hard to pull out of the ground. Since they have not translated the Etrurian language, we don't know what this unit is called. However, pure guess on MY part, the Etrurians strongly influenced early Rome and had an Empire spanning Central Italia, Sardinia, Corsica, and parts of Sicily much earlier. Most of Central Italia and Rome called them an As. It may be fair to say that the Etrurians probably NAMED them an As, and, typically, the Romans COPIED them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I just read an article the other day illustrating that my small collection of Etrurians were probably minted earlier than what has been published. I will have to do some more searching.</p><p><br /></p><p>I regret that I am far away from my reference books, coins, etc. for another 2 months. I will tag this and try to get back to you! Been a bit frustrating.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my Etrurian As, but of another series than yours...</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><i>Rasenna</i></b></p><p><b><i><br /></i></b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1123095[/ATTACH]</p><p>Seller's Attribution:</p><p>Italy. Coastal Etruria, Populonia.</p><p>AR 1 Unit, AR. g. 0.60 mm. 10.00</p><p>after c. 211 BC.</p><p>Obv. Male head left.</p><p>Rev. Plain. V</p><p>ecchi 3, 68-70. HN Italy 181.</p><p>RRR. Extremely rare and in excellent condition for the issue.</p><p>Lightly toned. Good VF</p><p>Ex: Artemide Aste[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 4535639, member: 51347"]What a great find! Nice! This size - Unit/As? are tough to get, and they are so small, I imagine they are hard to pull out of the ground. Since they have not translated the Etrurian language, we don't know what this unit is called. However, pure guess on MY part, the Etrurians strongly influenced early Rome and had an Empire spanning Central Italia, Sardinia, Corsica, and parts of Sicily much earlier. Most of Central Italia and Rome called them an As. It may be fair to say that the Etrurians probably NAMED them an As, and, typically, the Romans COPIED them. I just read an article the other day illustrating that my small collection of Etrurians were probably minted earlier than what has been published. I will have to do some more searching. I regret that I am far away from my reference books, coins, etc. for another 2 months. I will tag this and try to get back to you! Been a bit frustrating. Here is my Etrurian As, but of another series than yours... [B] [I]Rasenna [/I][/B] [ATTACH=full]1123095[/ATTACH] Seller's Attribution: Italy. Coastal Etruria, Populonia. AR 1 Unit, AR. g. 0.60 mm. 10.00 after c. 211 BC. Obv. Male head left. Rev. Plain. V ecchi 3, 68-70. HN Italy 181. RRR. Extremely rare and in excellent condition for the issue. Lightly toned. Good VF Ex: Artemide Aste[/QUOTE]
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