CoinsGreek5th century BCE

Stater of Velia, Lucania

400-340 BCE

Description

Obverse: Lion walking r., in exergue, owl. Reverse: Female head r., to r., vine, tendril and bunch of grapes

Classification

Coins

Technique

Struck

Medium

Silver

Culture

Greek

Period

Classical period

Century

5th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

7.59 g

Provenance

Glendining, 24 Nov. 1950 (Ryan), 1449 = Ars Classica 16, 3 July 1933, 263

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