E-auction 16-4119 - bgr_247378 - LUCANIA - LAUS Unité
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| Estimate : | 145 € |
| Price : | 52 € |
| Maximum bid : | 63 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 August 2013 15:02:00 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Unité
Date: c. 350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Lucanie, Laus
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 2,82 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrai inhabituel. Joli revers avec une usure très importante, mais parfaitement identifiable. Jolie patine vert olive foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste de face, drapé (Athéna ?) coiffée d’un casque attique à triple aigrette dans le champ à droite, une massue osée verticalement.
Obverse legend : L-D
Reverse
Reverse description : Deux grives entrecroisées.
Commentary
Monnayage de la plus grande rareté. Série lourde.
Coinage of the greatest rarity. Heavy series
Coinage of the greatest rarity. Heavy series
Historical background
LUCANIA - LAUS
(4th century BC)
Laus was located on the river that bears the same name on the Tyrhenian Sea on the border of Lucania and Bruttium. It was a colony of Sybaris which was destroyed in 510 BC by the Crotoniates. The inhabitants of the metropolis found refuge in the colony of Laus. This was still the case during the second destruction of Sybaris in 470 BC. The inhabitants of Laus participated in the foundation of the new Sybaris in 453 BC, then of Thurium, ten years later. The city was occupied by the Lucanians at the end of the 5th century BC. In 389 BC, the Italian allies tried to drive out the Lucanian tribes allied to Dionysius of Syracuse. They suffered a crushing defeat.
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