2101 - Laüs (nomos man-faced bull/man-faced bull) over Caulonia (Poseidon/stag) (NAC, 29, May 2005, 32)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2101


480 BCE - 460 BCEΛAS | ΛAS

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 1208 - Laüs over Caulonia.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Caulonia.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Numismatica Ars Classica, 29, 11 May 2005, 32

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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.977.97 g <br />7,970 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
StandardStandard.: Achaian
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: SNG Fitzwilliam I1SNG Fitzwilliam I, n° 446 (these dies), SNG Lloyd2SNG Lloyd, n° 288 (these dies), HN Italy3HN Italy, n° 2277 (these dies), HGC 14HGC 1, n° 1537
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Naked Apollo standing right, holding branch in raised r. hand: on extended l. arm small running figure. In field r., stag with head turned back ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: KAVΛ retrograde (Greek) Stag standing right
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Caulonia Ancient regionAncient region.  Bruttium Modern countryModern country: Italy AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 475 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 425 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : nomos
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Noe 19585Noe 1958
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and spread Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: weak
RemarksRemarks: "Overstruck on a nomos of Caulonia"

References

  1. ^  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.
  2. ^  Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain Vol. 2 : The Lloyd Collection. Part 1-2 Etruria to Thurium, Part 3-4 Velia to Eryx, Part 5-6 Galaria to Selinus, Part 7-8 Syracuse to Lipara
  3. ^  Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
  4. ^  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
  5. ^  Noe, Sydney P. (1958), The coinage of Caulonia, Numismatic Studies 9, New York, 62 p., 20 pl.