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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1982.99.212
Title
Coin of Velia, Lucania
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
late 5th century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Lucania, Velia/Hyele/Elea (Lucania)
Period
Classical period, High
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/172713

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
3.65 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: reverse: ΥΕΛΗ
  • Reverse Inscription: ΥΕΛΗ

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
SNG ANS 1414

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of H. Bartlett Wells, Class of 1929
Accession Year
1982
Object Number
1982.99.212
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Head of Heracles wearing lion-skin r.
Reverse: Owl facing, closed wings; olive branch to l.; ethnic to r.

Verification Level

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