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21 May 2023
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Estimate: 500 CHF
Hammer Price:  2800 CHF
Lot 76

BRUTTIUM. Laos. Circa 490/480-470 BC. Triobol (Silver, 10 mm, 1.17 g, 5 h). ΛΑϞ (retrograde) Man-headed bull standing to left, his head turned back to right. Rev. ΛΑϞ (retrograde) Bull standing to right. HN III 2276. H. R. Sternberg, Die Silberprägung von Laos c. 510-440 v. Chr., Actes 8ème Congrès...1973, Paris, 1976. Serie III, 12 (V9/R11). Rare. Clear, toned and very well-centered. About extremely fine.

From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, ex Münzen & Medaillen FPL 395, November/December 1977, 1.

Laos was a colony of Sybaris, and was where some Sybarite refugees fled after the fall of the city in 510 BC.

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