A Very Rare Incuse Stater of Laos
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Lucania, Laos (c.510-500 B.C.), Silver Incuse Stater, 7.96g, . ΛAFΣ, man-headed bull standing to right, its head turned back to face to left, an exergual line of a row of dots between two lines below. Rev. Similar type, incuse, with NOM (retrograde) above (Sternberg, Series I, 1.8 (V1/R1); BMC 1 (these dies); SNG Lockett 362 (these dies); SNG ANS 132 (these dies); SNG Lloyd 287 (these dies); Jameson 254 (these dies); de Luynes 443 (these dies); HN Italy 2270, pl. 37 (these dies)). Very good metal for issue, beautiful iridescent cabinet tone, good very fine, very rare. $ 15,000 Ex Bank Leu AG, Auction 2, Zurich, 25 April 1972, lot 27 Ex Bank Leu AG, Auction 33, Zurich, 3 May 1983, lot 198 Ex Tkalec & Rauch, Vienna, 14-15 April 1986, lot 37 Laos was situated in western Lucania on the banks of the river Laos, which formed the boundary between Lucania and Bruttium.