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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 4429493, member: 51347&quot;]Etrurian (Rasenna) coins are rather difficult to get.&nbsp; Here is a 2-1/2 As Coin (we are not sure what the name of the coin was in Rasenna.)&nbsp; I believe the Etrurians had their AR coin denominations before the Romans.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a <b>2-1/2 As (similar to the AR Sestertius </b>for the Romans)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1109403[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Etruria or Rasenna in their language, Populonia </b>(pronounced <i><b>Fufluna</b></i>)</p><p>2-½ asses , AR 0.85 g. (It is not known what the Etrurian name is for this coin. They have not been able to decipher the Rasenna language.)</p><p>3rd century BCE</p><p>Obv: Radiate female head r.; behind, IIC (retrograde).</p><p>Rev: Blank.</p><p>Ref: EC 104 (misdescribed, Female head with an Attic helmet). Historia Numorum Italy 179.</p><p>NAC Comment: Of the highest rarity, apparently only the SECOND specimen known. British museum is where the 2nd one resides</p><p>Etrurian alphabet is read in retrograde. Rome’s AR Sestertius is IIS (2-Asses and a Semis). The Etrurian version is retrograde C and II.</p><p>Ex: <i>From the collection of E.E. Clain-Stefanelli.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #b30000">Sorry, [USER=72790]@kevin McGonigal[/USER] , for flooding your Thread.&nbsp; I just love interesting niches in Ancient Collecting.&nbsp; It is fun to capture the different, rare, or unusual in anything.&nbsp; Generally, I collect Historically.&nbsp; However, fun denominations are very interesting.&nbsp; </span></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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