Sybaris in Lucania, ca. 453-448 BC.,
AR Triobol (9-10 mm / 1,37 g),
Obv.: ΣV[B?] , Poseidon advancing right, wielding trident overhead in right hand, left hand extended; letters downward behind.
Rev.: bird (probably a Blue Rock Thrush) standing right.
BMC Italy p. 285, 19 ; cf. SNG München 1165 ; cf. Kraay, Coinage pl. IV, 9 ; cf. SNG ANS 860 ; cf. HN Italy 1744-45 ; cf. SNG ANS 860 ; cf. SNG Ashmolean 854 .
http://www.magnagraecia.nl/coins/Lucania_map/Sybaris_map/descrSybIII_triobol2.html
This coin is from the third foundation of Sybaris. The citizens of Laos played a role in this foundation, and Kraay believed the bird on the reverse was intended to be a laioV, a type of thrush, which served as a pun on the name of the city Laos.
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![Sybaris in Lucania, 453-448 BC., Triobol, BMC 19.
Sybaris in Lucania, ca. 453-448 BC.,
AR Triobol (9-10 mm / 1,37 g),
Obv.: ΣV[B?] , Poseidon advancing right, wielding trident overhead in right hand, left hand extended; letters downward behind.
Rev.: bird (probably a Blue Rock Thrush) standing right.
BMC Italy p. 285, 19 ; cf. SNG München 1165 ; cf. Kraay, Coinage pl. IV, 9 ; cf. SNG ANS 860 ; cf. HN Italy 1744-45 ; cf. SNG ANS 860 ; cf. SNG Ashmolean 854 .
http://www.magnagraecia.nl/coins/Lucania_map/Sybaris_map/descrSybIII_triobol2.html
This coin is from the third foundation of Sybaris. The citizens of Laos played a role in this foundation, and Kraay believed the bird on the reverse was intended to be a laioV, a type of thrush, which served as a pun on the name of the city Laos.
Schlüsselwörter: Sybaris Lucania Triobol Poseidon Trident Bird Trush](images/image.gif?id=1737230766990 "Klicken für Bild in voller Größe
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Sybaris in Lucania, 453-448 BC., Triobol, BMC 19.
Sybaris in Lucania, ca. 453-448 BC.,
AR Triobol (9-10 mm / 1,37 g),
Obv.: ΣV[B?] , Poseidon advancing right, wielding trident overhead in right hand, left hand extended; letters downward behind.
Rev.: bird (probably a Blue Rock Thrush) standing right.
BMC Italy p. 285, 19 ; cf. SNG München 1165 ; cf. Kraay, Coinage pl. IV, 9 ; cf. SNG ANS 860 ; cf. HN Italy 1744-45 ; cf. SNG ANS 860 ; cf. SNG Ashmolean 854 .
http://www.magnagraecia.nl/coins/Lucania_map/Sybaris_map/descrSybIII_triobol2.html
This coin is from the third foundation of Sybaris. The citizens of Laos played a role in this foundation, and Kraay believed the bird on the reverse was intended to be a laioV, a type of thrush, which served as a pun on the name of the city Laos.
Schlüsselwörter: Sybaris Lucania Triobol Poseidon Trident Bird Trush")