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

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2101

480 BCE - 460 BCEΛAS | ΛAS

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1208 - Laüs over Caulonia.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	NAC 29 (11/05/2005), lot 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.

Magna Graecia (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: 7.977.97 g <br />7,970 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tridrachm / nomos
		StandardStandard.: Achaian (Hoover)

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

SNG Fitzwilliam I1SNG Fitzwilliam I, n° 446 (these dies). HN Italy, n° 2277 (these dies)., HGC 12HGC 1, n° 1537

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:

Caulonia

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Magna Graecia (Bruttium)

Modern countryModern country: Italy

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:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

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.
^ 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