bgr_978381 - LUCANIA - VELIA Drachme
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Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 450.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 450.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 465-440 AC.
Mint name / Town : Vélia
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,00 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure régulière. Joli portrait. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de nymphe à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Chouette debout à gauche sur une branche d’olivier avec six feuilles.
Reverse legend : UELH
Historical background
LUCANIA - VELIA
(440-400 BC)
Velia, Elea for the Greeks, was founded around 540 BC by Phocaeans who had left Asia Minor after the fall of Croesus and Sardis in 546 BC. Velia became an ally of the Romans from from 275 BC. The lion was the symbol of Velia hence its use on the Massaliote coinage which had close links with Velia.
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