Description:

Greek colonies, Lucania, Velia, ca. 400 to 350 BCE. AR didrachma (7.77 g). On the obverse is a helmeted head of Athena facing left. On the reverse is a lion standing to right, flying owl above. HN Italy 1316 variety. Size: 0.75" W (1.9 cm)

Velia is the Roman name of an ancient city of Magna Graecia - a Greek colony - on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea, on the southwestern coast of modern day Italy. The city was home to the philosophers Parmenides and Zeno of Elea.

Provenance: Ex-Matrisciano Collection, California

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