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Didrachm
| Issuer | Velia |
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| Year | 305 BC - 290 BC |
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| Weight | 7.45 g |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted head of Athena facing left, rendered in fine Greek style, wearing a Phrygian helmet adorned with a griffin device on the bowl. The neck guard of the helmet is accompanied by the control letter Ο in the field behind. The portrait displays strong modeling characteristic of the late classical Velian die-cutting tradition, with carefully articulated facial features and flowing hair visible beneath the helmet rim. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | A powerfully modeled lion, striding right with head lowered, tears ferociously at the severed head of its prey held between its forepaws, the beast's mane rendered in deeply cut overlapping tufts of exceptional artistic quality. A grasshopper appears as a control symbol in the upper field to the left, accompanied by the letter Φ and I. The ethnic legend ΥΕΛΗΤΩΝ is inscribed along the lower exergual line in archaic Greek characters, identifying the coin as an issue of the citizens of Hyele (Velia). |
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