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Drachm
| Issuer | Laos (Lucania) |
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| Year | 453 BC - 400 BC |
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| Reference(s) | BMC Gr/It#6, HN Italy#2286, GCV#233 |
| Obverse description | Man-headed bull striding to the left, rendered in a bold archaic style characteristic of early South Italian coinage. The figure combines a powerful bovine body with a bearded human head, conveying the local river-god or deity associated with the city of Laos. A barleycorn symbol appears in the exergue beneath the figure, serving as a civic emblem. The retrograde ethnic legend ΛAΣ is inscribed in the field. The flat, irregular flan displays the typical characteristics of early fifth-century Lucanian hammered silver. |
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| Reverse script | Greek (retrograde) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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