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Didrachm
| Issuer | Velia |
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| Year | 350 BC - 281 BC |
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| Weight | 7.335 g |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted head of Athena facing right, wearing a crested Corinthian helmet elaborately ornamented on the bowl with a galloping quadriga in relief. The facial features are rendered in fine Late Classical style, with carefully detailed hair emerging beneath the helmet's cheekguards. The magistrate's name ΦIΛΙΣTIΩNOΣ appears as a legend in the field, identifying this issue with a specific monetary official of Velia. |
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| Reverse description | A powerfully rendered lion crouching and lunging to the left, head turned frontally toward the viewer with open jaws, tearing at the remains of a prey animal beneath its forepaws. The musculature and mane of the lion are rendered with vigorous, high-relief modeling characteristic of the finest Velian die-engraving. Above in the upper field, Nike flies to the left with outstretched wings. The ethnic legend YEΛHTΩN is inscribed in the lower field below the lion, identifying the issuing city of Hyele/Velia. |
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| Mint | Velia (Hyele), Lucania |
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