2042 - Laüs (nomos man-faced bull/man-faced bull) over uncertain type (Triton, XXI, Jan. 2018, 314)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2042

480 BCE - 460 BCEΛAS | ΛAS

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1209 - Laüs over uncertain mint.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Triton, XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, 314 ; Ex Waddell (01/2015); Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 161406 (02/2006).
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	J. L. Gomer Collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΛAS (Greek) Man-headed bull left, head reverted. In exergue, acorn.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΛAS (Greek) Man headed bull (Acheloo) right.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Laüs

Ancient regionAncient region.

Lucania

Modern countryModern country: Italy

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:

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

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.068.06 g <br />8,060 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1010 mm <br />1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1717 mm <br />1.7 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG Fitzwilliam I1SNG Fitzwilliam I, n° 445, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 2275, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 1537
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/laus.hn italy.2275

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

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..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Indications of overstriking on obverse, minor die break on reverse"

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