Didrachm

Features

Issuer	Velia (Lucania)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	300 BC - 280 BC
Value	Didrachm (2)
Currency	Phocaean/Campanian Drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	7.51 g
Diameter	21 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 182715
References	HN Italy# 1309 Neville Keith Rutter, Andrew Burnett; 2001. Historia numorum: Italy. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. , SNG ANS 2# 1379-1382 Hyla A. Troxell; 1972. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Collection of the American Numismatic Society / Part 2. Lucania. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States. , SNG Ashmolean# 1351-1353 Oxford University Press (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume V - Ashmolean Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (7 volumes). , SNG Copenhagen# 1578 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , Williams# 470-489 Roderick Trevor Williams; 1992. The silver coinage of Velia. Royal Numismatic Society, London, United Kingdom. , Pozzi# 261 Naville & Cie (publisher); 1920. Monnaies grecques antiques: Provenant de la collection de feu le prof. S. Pozzi = Ancient Greek coins. Naville & Cie, Luzern, Switzerland. , Jameson# 400 Robert Jameson. Collection R. Jameson. Feuardent, Paris, France (4 volumes). , SNG Fitzwilliam# 684 Fritz Heichelheim. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume IV - The Fitzwilliam Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (8 volumes).

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Obverse

Head of Athena to right, wearing Attic helmet adorned with a wing

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΑΗ Φ

Reverse

Lion walking to right and above, ear of wheat

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΥΕΛΗΤΩΝ
Φ Ι
Π

Mint

Velia, Lucania, modern-day Marina di Ascea, Italy

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (300 BC - 280 BC)							$ 1600	$ 4500

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Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Heritage Auctions 2024 August 15 - 17 ANA World & Ancient Coins Platinum Session and Signature® Auction 3118 Lot 34007	15 Aug 2024	XF (NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 5/5)	USD 4320.00 (incl. buyer's premium)
Ex Peus 376, 29 October 2003, lot 111; Peus 353, 29 October 1997, lot 29
© Heritage Auctions
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 138 Lot 31	18 May 2023	XF	USD 3491.05 (CHF 2750.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: CNG Auction 112 Lot 55	11 Sep 2019	XF	USD 4250.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Triton XXII Lot 73	8 Jan 2019	XF	USD 7000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Peus 393 (31 October 2007), lot 55
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Künker Auction 124 Lot 7832	16 Mar 2007	XF	USD 1280.09 (EUR 1100.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Numismatica Ars Classica Summer Sale 2025 Lot 128	30 Jul 2025	VF	USD 1650.32 (CHF 1300.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Künker Auction 182 Lot 63	14 Mar 2011	VF	USD 814.60 (EUR 700.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex L. Hamburger 96, 1932, 25
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 29 Lot 70	24 Feb 2024	VF	USD 1904.21 (CHF 1500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Schweizerische Kreditanstalt Monetarium FPL 49, spring 1988, 5
© Leu Numismatik
	Ira & Larry Goldberg Auction 72 Lot 4008	3 Feb 2013	VF	USD 1450.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Bank Leu 2, 25 April 1972, Lot 49; Kricheldorf 5, 20 October 1958, Lot 14
© Ira & Larry Goldberg Auctioneers