1976.79.1516: Didrachm of Velia, Lucania
Coins
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1976.79.1516
- Title
- Didrachm of Velia, Lucania
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 334-300 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Lucania, Velia/Hyele/Elea (Lucania)
- Period
- Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/180428
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 7.22 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- didrachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- inscription: reverse on tablet: ΥΕΛΗΤΩΝ
- Reverse Inscription: ΥΕΛΗΤΩΝ
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Williams 330; HN3 1294
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Unspecified Collection
- Accession Year
- 1976
- Object Number
- 1976.79.1516
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Head of Athena l., wearing Phrygian helmet.
Reverse: Lion tearing prey l.; Φ between legs; tablet (with ethnic?) in exergue.
Verification Level
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