Ancient Greek nomos or didrachm Circa 300-280 BC. Lukania, Velia Vrijwel Prachtig

From the Philistion group.
Obv.: head of Athena, wearing Phrygian helmet adorned with griffin, to the left; behind neck guard: Θ.
Rev.: ΥΕΛΗΤΩΝ; lion standing to the right, tearing ram’s head; above: grasshopper to the right between Φ I.
Nice toning.
From a French collection acquired prior to WWII, and from the Louis Deglatigny collection, Feuardent 16 November 1937, lot 23.

Philistion is one of the few die engravers from the ancient world whose name is known to us, having been handed down through his signature—which appears in full on three coin dies from the city of Velia. The entire group of coins minted at Velia between approximately 300 and 280 BC takes its name from him. In addition to the coins bearing Philistion’s full signature, the group also includes coins marked with the letter Φ or the letters Φ and Ι.

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