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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 2745195, member: 82322&quot;][ATTACH=full]627468[/ATTACH] </p><p>Etruria, Populonia (3rd Century BC), Silver 20-Asses.&nbsp; 8.34g.</p><p>Obverse: facing head of Medusa (the Etruscans called her Metus), XX below</p><p>Reverse: usually blank, but this one has a faint incuse showing the XX and rim of an obverse.&nbsp; (And I have no clue how that would happen!)</p><p>Vecchi, <i>Etruscan Coinage</i> Series 52.126 (#1219) (O20) is said to be this coin.&nbsp; Ex </p><p>Baldwin, auction 98, May 2016, lot 551.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was sold in the 1957 sale of the Adolphe Menjou collection.&nbsp; He was a Hollywood actor and the best-dressed-man in America.&nbsp; It is doubtful it ever belonged to him though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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