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Coin

Coin type

Coin type: drachma, Arslan XIV
Description: obverse: right-facing female head, reverse: legend and right-facing lion
Material (main component): bronze
Average diameter: 14 mm1.4 cm <br />0.551 in <br />
Average thickness: unknown
Average weight: 1.75 g0.00175 kg <br />0.00386 lb <br />
Workmanship:

Archaeological culture: unknown
Date: 130-110 BC

Number of known pieces: 1
Area of circulation:
Mint / Main site: Milano
Coordinates (approx.): 48° 55' 6.98" N, 11° 52' 20.01" E

Coin legend

Idealised transliteration: natoris 
Idealised original script: S dI sR sO2 sT sA sN s
Position: back, top
Orientation:
Direction of writing: sinistroverse
Script: North Italic Script"North Italic Script" is not in the list (Greek script, Etruscan script, Latin script, North Italic script, Camunic script, none, unknown) of allowed values for the "script" property.
Letter height: 00 cm <br />0 in <br />
Number of letters: 7
Number of words: 1
Number of lines: 1
Inscription type: unknown
Language: unknown
Syntactic analysis: NP
Meaning: unknown

Alternative sigla: none

Sources: Arslan 2000: 232

Images

Commentary

The coin was found in Kelheim/Mitterfeld (Bavaria) and is preserved in the Staatliche Münzsammlung (München). See Overbeck 2000: 68.

Bibliography

Arslan 2000 Ermanno A. Arslan, "La monetazione con legende leponzie e la monetazione preromana dell'area leponzia e insubre", in: Raffaele C. De Marinis, Simonetta Biaggio Simona (eds), I leponti tra mito e realtà. Raccolta di saggi in occasione della mostra Locarno, Castello Visconteo - Casorella, 20 maggio - 3 dicembre 2000, Verbania: Armando Dadò Editore 2000, 223-233.