Small
imitative nummus from Lebanon
This small
nummus measures 10mm and weighs 0.85g. It is
part of the contents of a small
hoard of coins found in southern Lebanon, near the Israeli
border.
It is well executed and imitates a fifth-century
salvs reipvblice, but completely retrograde, both on the
obverse, with the
face turned to the left, and on the
reverse, with the prisoner to the left of the
victor and the
cross in the right
field.
Personally I find these
imitative numbers particularly interesting and attractive.