LUCANIA, Velia. Circa 300-280 BC. AR Nomos (19.5mm, 7.31 g, 1h). Philistion group. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with griffin; Δ above visor, [Φ before neck] / Lion standing right; above, pentagram between Φ and I; YEΛHTΩN in exergue. Williams 424v (O210/R300 – this coin); HN Italy 1306; SNG ANS 1367 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 1580 (same dies); SNG Lockett 566 (same dies); BMC 102 (same dies). Attractively toned, area of minor porosity on obverse, scratches. VF.
From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex Berk BBS 165 (28 July 2009), lot 127; Banca Italiana di Sconto Collection (Santamaria, 27 March 1928), lot A.69.