Populonia 20

[proklès]

Salve,

 

In the same auction of Elsen, there is also a coin of Populonia with a die break on the obverse.

After a quick search on internet, I found 12 coins with the similar default. Is it reasonable to assume that all these coins have been struck by the same die and that this became worner and worner... Could we also assume that all these coins come from the same hoard?

 

Grazie!!!

 

 

[Tinia Numismatica]

i think no. A lot of etruscan coins shown this same kind of defect. Etruscans do not gave more importance to the appearance of their coins. This is clearly evidenced by the great number of etruscan silver coins, sold in the past time in Worldwide auctions and with different provenances that shown this problems of broken dies.. Simply they continue to use the damaged dies until the engraved image were almost totally disappeared. In the Vecchi's book of etruscan coins, you can see many of 20 asses with Gorgon mask and many 10 asses with apollo's head struck by extremely worn dies, almost unrecognizables.

This do not want to mean that they become from the same hoard, but just that etruscans used the dies for a very long term.

Modificato 13 Marzo, 2015 da Tinia Numismatica

[dux-sab]

@@Tinia Numismatica, in poche parole sono autentici ?

[Tinia Numismatica]

@@Tinia Numismatica, in poche parole sono autentici ?

CERTO! ..Avercene!

[proklès]

Many thanks for your answer!!!
 
In this case I was struck by the fact that all the above coins presented a die break presenting the same pattern: a diagonal beginning from the top left and ending in the area of the right eye and the noose

 

Modificato 13 Marzo, 2015 da proklès

[Tinia Numismatica]

Many thanks for your answer!!!

 

In this case I was struck by the fact that all the above coins presented a die break presenting the same pattern: a diagonal beginning from the top left and ending in the area of the right eye and the noose

There is nothing to be surprised. The die break start with an hairline sign on the surface and it become greater at any hammer blow.The last coin struck,shown the loss of the entire left side of the face.

Anyway these coins are very important for the study of the life in use of the dies under the Etruscans.