Live auction - bgr_667969 - LUCANIA - VELIA Nomos, statère ou didrachme
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| Estimate : | 600 € |
| Price : | 720 € |
| Maximum bid : | 850 € |
| End of the sale : | 15 June 2021 14:03:30 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Nomos, statère ou didrachme
Date: c. 340-334 AC.
Mint name / Town : Vélia, Lucanie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 7,48 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Très joli lion, bien venu à la frappe. Portrait agréable. Patine grise avec reflets dorés et bleutés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête d'Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque attique à cimier avec triple aigrette, orné d'un griffon.
Obverse legend : Q
Reverse
Reverse description : Lion passant à droite.
Reverse legend : UELHTWN/ Q
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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