480 BCE - 460 BCEΛAS | ΛAS
Overstriking coin SO 1209 - Laüs over uncertain mint.jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Triton, XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, 314 ; Ex Waddell (01/2015); Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 161406 (02/2006).
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Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:
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J. L. Gomer Collection
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Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ΛAS (Greek) Man-headed bull left, head reverted. In exergue, acorn.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΛAS (Greek) Man headed bull (Acheloo) right.
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Laüs
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Lucania
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:
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Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 480 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 460 BCE
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Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.068.06 g <br />8,060 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1010 mm <br />1 cm <br />
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DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1717 mm <br />1.7 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Achaian
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References
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Modern countryModern country:
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
References
- ^ Clarke, Louis C. G. (1940), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Great Britain. Vol. 4 : Fitzwilliam Museum : Leake and general collections. Part 1, Spain (Emporiae, Rhoda)-Italy, London, Oxford University Press.
- ^ Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2018), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1. Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC., Lancaster-London, 2018, lxi, 527 pages, 23 cm