didrachm/stater/nomos of Velia, 440/35-400 BC ca.

Obv. hd Athena, wearing Attic helmet decorated with olive-wreath
Rev. lion pulling down stag, L beneath, UELHTWN


Williams 141e    7.48 g    Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 13 October 1998 no. 117 (400-375 BC ca.)
(this coin)                Ex Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig           no. 117 (380 BC ca.)



Williams 132-139 helmet decoration
         141-169

Williams 141     wreath (132-4, 136, 141-152, 162, 166-7)
Williams 145

                 Scylla (135, 137-8)

Williams 153     griffin (139, 140, 153-156)

                 griffin on wreath (157-161, 163-5, 168-9)