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Source Description
Obverse: Head of Athena, helmeted with pegasus and human figure decoration, right, wearing a triangular earring. Reverse: Lion prowling right.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
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22103
label
Didrachm of Velia
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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22103
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object
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normalized
title
Didrachm of Velia
description
Obverse: Head of Athena, helmeted with pegasus and human figure decoration, right, wearing a triangular earring. Reverse: Lion prowling right.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
335-330 BCE (Late Classical)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
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Coins & Medals
coins
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3
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3
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Max diam: 13/16 in. (2.06 cm)
Source extras
cul
Greek
inscriptions
[Inscription
Greek; reverse] YEΛHTΩN [Translation] Of the people of Velia
med
silver; struck
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6256
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GRC
NUM
exhibition_ids
1954
2121
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