NM·14
From Lexicon Leponticum
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| Coin Type: | stater, Lejeune B6, Pautasso "Salassi" g |
| Description: | obverse: small circle, three parallel lines, and triangle with grid pattern, reverse: decorated circle, legend within horizontal lines, and trident |
| Material (main component): | gold |
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| Archaeological Culture: | unknown |
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| Number of Known Pieces: | 2 |
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| Mint / Main Site: | unknown |
| Coordinates (approx.): | none |
Coin Legend | |
| Idealised Transliteration: | ulkos |
| Idealised Original Script: |     
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| Variant Reading: | 
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| Position: | back, centre |
| Orientation: | 0° |
| Direction of Writing: | dextroverse |
| Script: | Lepontic Script |
| Letter Height: | 0 |
| Number of Letters: | 5 |
| Inscription Type: | unknown |
| Language: | unknown |
| Syntactic Analysis: | unknown |
| Meaning: | unknown |
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| Alternative Sigla: | none |
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| Sources: | Pautasso 1966: 137 & 141-142 & pl. CVII (.6 & .8) Lejeune 1971: 130 |
Commentary
One coin was found between 1760 and 1764 on the Italian side of the pass Gran San Bernardo and was lost in 1839. The other one was found in Glarey (Wallis/Valais) and brought to the local count, – hence there was no further notice of it. [Pautasso 1966: 141-142]
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. |
