archaicwonder:Didrachm from Velia, Lucania c. 305-290 BCThe head of Athena facing right, wearing a c
archaicwonder:Didrachm from Velia, Lucania c. 305-290 BCThe head of Athena facing right, wearing a crested Attic helmet decorated with a griffin, Δ above vizor. On the reverse, YEΛHTΩN (in the exergue) above a lion walking to the right, a pentagram between Φ-I above.Velia was an ancient city of Magna Graecia on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. It was originally founded by Greeks from Phocaea as Hyele around 538–535 BC. The ruins of Velia are located near the modern village of Velia in the Cilento region of Campania, Italy. -- source link
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