NM·10.1
From Lexicon Leponticum
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| Coin Type: | Lejeune B2, Pautasso "Salassi" c |
| Description: | obverse: small circle, three slanted parallel lines, and triangle with grid pattern, reverse: triangle, legend, and trident |
| Material (main component): | gold |
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| Archaeological Culture: | unknown |
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| Number of Known Pieces: | 1 |
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| Mint / Main Site: | unknown |
| Coordinates (approx.): | 45° 52' 2" N, 7° 9' 50" ELatitude: 45.8673 Longitude: 7.1639 |
Coin Legend | |
| Idealised Transliteration: | aśeś |
| Idealised Original Script: |   
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| Position: | back, centre |
| Orientation: | 0° |
| Direction of Writing: | dextroverse |
| Script: | North Italic Script |
| Letter Height: | 0 |
| Number of Letters: | 4 |
| Number of Words: | 1 |
| Number of Lines: | 1 |
| Inscription Type: | minting authority |
| Language: | unknown |
| Syntactic Analysis: | NP |
| Meaning: | abbreviation of a name "Aśeś(ios)"? |
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| Alternative Sigla: | none |
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| Sources: | Pautasso 1966: 137 & 140 & pl. CVII (.5) Lejeune 1971: 129 |
Commentary
The coin was found between 1760 and 1764 on the Italian side of the pass Gran San Bernardo. It was retained in Medagliere dell'Ospizio until it was lost, probably in the events of 1848 (Pautasso 1966: 140).
Bibliography
| Lejeune 1971 | Michel Lejeune, Lepontica, Paris: Société d'Édition "Les Belles Lettres" 1971. (reprint of the article "Documents gaulois et para-gaulois de Cisalpine", Études Celtiques 12/2, 1970-1, pp. 357-500) |
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| Pautasso 1966 | Andrea Pautasso, Le Monete Preromane dell'Italia Settentrionale, Varese: Centro di Studi Preistorici ed Archeologici 1966. |
