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LUCANIA, Laos. Circa 480-460 BC. AR Nomos (19mm, 7.86 g, 7h). Man-headed bull standing left, head right / Man-headed bull standing right. Sternberg 6 (V5/R6); HN Italy 2275; SNG ANS 153 (same dies); de Luynes 446 (same dies). Toned, a couple of scuffs, struck with worn obverse die. VF.
Purchased by the consignor from Heritage, 21 April 2021.
Laos was a colony of Sybaris, founded probably in the 7th century BC, along the banks of the river Laos on the western coast of Lucania. By the later 6th century, most of its inhabitants were refugees of Sybaris, after that city's destruction by Kroton in 510 BC. Very little is known of the city beyond its foundation, except that it was the site of the defeat of the Greek cities who had united against the native Lucanians (Strabo VI, 253). The coinage of Laos is relatively rare, and fairly sporadic in issue. The silver is confined to a few issues in the 5th century, and consisted of a wide variety of denominations, from nomoi to dioboloi.
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