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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AnYangMan, post: 4845822, member: 87271&quot;]It has been a while since I made my last post here! I have shown <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-first-two-coins-of-2020-%E2%80%93-excited-but-a-small-catch.354215/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-first-two-coins-of-2020-%E2%80%93-excited-but-a-small-catch.354215/">only two</a> of the coins I have bought so far this year. Life has kept me busy and while the collecting certainly went on in full force, I have had less time to share some of my acquisitions on this wonderful forum.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyhow, my most recent acquisition from the Roma E-sale certainly deserves to be posted here. Besides the two main focus-areas of ancient China and medieval Holland, the goal of my rather broadly-orientated collection is to capture a snapshot of the breadth and diversity of the numismatic record; from the most obscure central Asian kingdoms to the Axumites in northern Africa. One of those cultures that needed representing were the Etruscans. I had been looking for a decent example for a while, initially having fallen for the 20 asses with Medusa, but when this popped up during a holiday to Greece, I knew I had to bid. On the auction day itself, while hiking through the valleys of Rhodes, the word came; my bid stuck and I had won the coin!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.numisbids.com/sales/hosted/roma/e74/image00224.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Etruria, Populonia AR 10 Asses. Circa 300-250 BC. Laureate male head left, slightly bearded; [X] behind / Blank. EC I, 70.207 (O3, this coin); HN Italy 168. 4.22g, 19mm. </i></p><p><i>Good Very Fine; with the usual die-break for the issue, attractive old cabinet tone.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>And yeah, that certainly is no small die-break. In combination with the die-rust on the bust (Aplu?), the wonderful toning and flow lines, it gives the coin a very peculiar yet attractive appearance. I have had [USER=111645]@posnerfan_48[/USER] describe it as feeling like he was on a bad acid-trip <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Moreover, it is the provenance that truly had me sold on this piece. Does anybody here own <i>Etruscan Coinage, part 1 </i>by Vecchi? This coin is from his collection and should be published there under 70.207 (although an old tag that came with it says 70.268?). If anyone would be able to help that would be fantastic! Before that the coin appeared in a 2016 Baldwin’s sale as well as a 1958 Schulman auction in NY. I still frequently buy coins from the auction house in Amsterdam founded by his descendants!</p><p><br /></p><p>For me the most important thing however was the ex. Lord Colin Renfrew collection (62c). Renfrew is one of the more influential archaeologists of the past 5 or so decades, a proponent of processual archaeology and is a name almost all archaeologists are familiar with. Every first-year archaeology student, at least here on this side of the pond, starts off their academic career with purchasing a copy of <i>Archaeology: Theories, Methods, and Practice</i>, authored by him and Paul Bahn. Throughout our courses we had to treat it like a bible! Now that my studies are drawing to a close, I figured including a coin formerly his in my collection is a fitting tribute to the many hours sleeplessly spent pouring over Renfrew &amp; Bahn for next day’s exam!</p><p><br /></p><p>I know there are plenty of their fans around here, so please post all your wonderful coins from Etruria below! (Looking at you [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] …)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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