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    "localId": "22103",
    "label": "Didrachm of Velia",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/59.519"
}

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    "id": "22103",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/59.519",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "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": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/59.519",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Coins & Medals",
        "coins"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_59.519_Rev_DD_T08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Max diam: 13/16 in. (2.06 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Greek",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Inscription",
        "Greek; reverse] YEΛHTΩN [Translation] Of the people of Velia"
    ],
    "med": "silver; struck",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6256"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "GRC",
        "NUM"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1954",
        "2121"
    ]
}

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