v09_0014 - LUCANIA - VELIA Nomos, statère ou didrachme
MONNAIES 9 (2000)
Starting price : 228.67 €
Estimate : 381.12 €
Realised price : 228.67 €
Starting price : 228.67 €
Estimate : 381.12 €
Realised price : 228.67 €
Type : Nomos, statère ou didrachme
Date: c. 365-350/340 AC.
Mint name / Town : Lucanie, Vélia
Metal : silver
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 7,46 g.
Rarity : R1
Emission: groupe V, série 55
Coments on the condition:
Flan irrégulier, mais complet. Frappe molle au droit / Joli revers, bien centré
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire vient de MONNAIES V (12/12/1998), n° 11
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque attique à cimier avec triple aigrette, orné d'un griffon.
Reverse
Reverse description : Lion passant à droite.
Reverse legend : [U]ELHTWN/ F.
Commentary
Mêmes coins que les exemplaires du British Museum.
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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