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bgr_681035 - LUCANIA - VELIA Nomos, statère ou didrachme

LUCANIA - VELIA Nomos, statère ou didrachme AU
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Price : 980.00 €
Type : Nomos, statère ou didrachme
Date: c. 350/340 - 320/310 AC.
Mint name / Town : Vélia
Metal : silver
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 7,37 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée présentant un joli lion au revers. Portrait agréable. Patine grise
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE ; MONOGRAMME DERRIÈRE LE CASQUE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Athéna à gauche, coiffée du casque attique lauré à cimier avec triple aigrette.
Obverse legend : KE.

Reverse


Reverse description : Lion passant à gauche.
Reverse legend : UELHTWN/ Q / KE.

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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