LUCANIA, Velia. Circa 334-300 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.60 g, 1h). Kleudoros group. Head of Athena left, wearing crested and laureate Attic helmet; 4 behind neck / Lion standing left, head reverted, its forepaws on an upturned ram's head; 4 below; UE¬˙tW@ in exergue. Williams Period VI, 378 (O190/R266); HN Italy 1297; SNG ANS 1317 (same dies); SNG Ashmolean 1242 (same dies); BMC 68 (same dies); McClean 1455 (same dies); Winterthur 345 = Pozzi 252 (same dies). Attractive deep iridescent tone, traces of find patina and minor die wear on obverse, slight die shift and light mark under tone on reverse. EF.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 53 (15 March 2000), lot 74.