bgr_1026779 - LUCANIA - VELIA Nomos ou Didrachme
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Type : Nomos ou Didrachme
Date: c. 290 - 280/275 AC
Mint name / Town : Vélia, Lucanie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 7,68 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure régulière. Joli revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête d'Athéna à gauche, coiffée du casque attique à cimier avec triple aigrette, orné d'un Pégase au-dessus de la visière et d’une palmette sur le couvre nuque .
Obverse legend : A/IE
Reverse
Reverse description : Lion attaquant un cerf à gauche.
Reverse legend : UELHTWN
Reverse translation : (de Vélia).
Historical background
LUCANIA - VELIA
(350-281 BC)
Velia, Elea for the Greeks, was founded around 540 BC by Phocaeans who had left Asia Minor after the fall of Sardis in 546 BC. Velia became an ally of the Romans from 275 BC The lion was the symbol of the city hence its use on the coinage of Marseille because the Marseille metropolis had close ties with Velia.
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