1979.428.314: Didrachm of Velia, Lucania
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1979.428.314
- Title
- Didrachm of Velia, Lucania
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 300-280 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Lucania, Velia/Hyele/Elea (Lucania)
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Early
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/180357
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 7.26 g
- Die Axis
- 10
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- inscription: reverse: ΥΕΛΗΤΩΝ
- Reverse Inscription: ΥΕΛΗΤΩΝ
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Williams 470-76; HN3 1309
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Unspecified Collection
- Accession Year
- 1979
- Object Number
- 1979.428.314
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: head of Athena r., wearing a laureate Attic helmet with wing; AH monogram behind neck-guard; Φ in front of neck.
Reverse: lion walking r.; corn ear between Φ and Ι above; ethnic in exergue.
Verification Level
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