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Didrachm
| Issuer | Velia |
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| Year | 420 BC - 410 BC |
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| Reference(s) | HN Italy#1270, Williams#132-139, Williams#141-169, SNG ANS 2#1243-1250, SNG ANS 2#1252-1261 |
| Obverse description | Head of Athena in left profile, wearing a crested Attic helmet adorned with an olive wreath along the bowl. The goddess's hair flows in carefully rendered locks beneath the helmet, and a cheekpiece frames her finely modelled features. The high-relief portraiture is executed in the refined late Archaic to early Classical style characteristic of Velian coinage, displaying a naturalistic yet idealized quality. The crest of the helmet is prominently rendered with detailed incised lines, and a serpent coils around the bowl above the cheekpiece. No legend appears on the obverse. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
| Reverse lettering | YEΛHTΩN |
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