weight 3,98gr. | silver Ø 15mm.
obv. Head of Nymph Hyele to right, hair rendered in lines which is
arranged in a krobylos held by a plain band. Bead necklace above truncation.
rev. Owl standing on olive-spray to right with closed wings, head facing,
VEΛH to left, K above spray
Williams sited only 1 specimen of this type Berlin, Prokesch-Osten, Beschr.12.3.91.
According to Herodotus, in 545 BC Ionian Greeks fled Phocaea, in modern Turkey, which was being besieged by the Persians. After some wanderings (8 to 10 years) at sea, they stopped in Reggio Calabria, where they were probably joined by Xenophanes, who was at the time at Messina, and then moved north along the coast and founded the town of Hyele (circa 538/535 BC), later renamed Ele and then, eventually, Elea. The Romans named it Velia. The location is nearly at the same latitude as Phocaea. Its most famous inhabitant from the early days was undoubtedly the philosopher Parmenides of Elea, who lived there around 500. He founded the Eleatic school, a school of pre-Socratic philosophers. Other members of the school included Zeno of Elea and Melissus of Samos. Xenophanes is sometimes included in the list, though there is some dispute over this. Although the city was located in the territory of the Lucanians, they never managed to take it. In 273 BC the city made an alliance with the Romans. Due to its initially favorable location on the Tyrrhenian Sea, the city was especially in the 5th and 4th century BC through a flowering period. Numerous remnants of this city can still be seen today.
BMC- (cf. 12) | SNG.Copenhagen- (cf. 1530) | SNG.ANS- (cf. 1234) |
SNG.München- (cf. 842) | McClean- (cf. 1411) | Williams 99 (same dies)
cf. Historia Numorum, Italy 1265 | HCG 1, no.1328 | Sear- (cf.452) RRRR
Extremely rare. Very attractive coin with appealing patina.
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