NM·20
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Coin type | |
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| Description: | obverse: left-facing head of a young man, reverse: left-facing galopping horse, legend over or under the horse |
| Material (main component): | silver |
| Average diameter: | unknown |
| Average thickness: | unknown |
| Average weight: | unknown |
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| Archaeological culture: | unknown |
| Date: | unknown |
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| Number of known pieces: | 173 |
| Area of circulation: | Valley of the Isère: Moirans, Laveyron, Hostun, Sainte Blandine |
| Mint / Main site: | unknown |
| Coordinates (approx.): | none |
Coin legend | |
| Idealised transliteration: | uol |
| Idealised original script: | VOL (Latin script) |
| Variant reading: |    (North Italic script)
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| Position: | back |
| Orientation: | 0° |
| Direction of writing: | dextroverse |
| Script: | unknown |
| Letter height: | 00 cm <br />0 in <br /> |
| Number of letters: | 3 |
| Inscription type: | minting authority |
| Language: | Celtic |
| Syntactic analysis: | NP |
| Meaning: | abbreviation of the name of the Volcae? |
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| Alternative sigla: | none |
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| Sources: | Brenot 1998: 27-28 & 24 (pl. .12) |
Images
 Silver coin (BN 2620) of type NM·20 with vol legend
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Commentary
Known pieces (Brenot 1998: 28):
- Hoard of Moirans: 24
- Hoard of Laveyron: 43
- Hoard of Hostun: 98
- Hoard of Sainte Blandine: 8
Bibliography
| Brenot 1998 | Claude Brenot, "A propos des monnaies à légendes lépontiennes de Transalpine", in: Fondazione "Andrea Pautasso" per gli studi di numismatica (ed.), Forme di contatto tra moneta locale e moneta straniera nel mondo antico. Atti del Convegno internazionale, Aosta 13-14 ottobre 1995. A cura di Giovanni Gorini, Padova: Esedra Editrice 1998, 23-37. |
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