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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Italy| > GS91331
Velia, Lucania, Italy, c. 334 - 300 B.C.
|Italy|, |Velia,| |Lucania,| |Italy,| |c.| |334| |-| |300| |B.C.|, Signed! The KE monograms are the signatures of Kleudoros, the artist or mint master of Velia. We know his name because he signed his full name in the genitive case on one obverse die. On his reverses there is, in addition, usually a control mark, ether Θ, φ, or A.
GS91331. Silver nomos, Williams 340 (O176/R243++); BMC Italy p. 312, 79; HN Italy 1296; HGC 1 1314; SNG Cop -; SNG ANS -, VF, light rose gold toning, light scratches, die wear/rust, small lamination defects, obverse flatly struck, tiny edge crack, Velia mint, weight 7.484g, maximum diameter 22.5mm, die axis 0o, c. 340 - 310 B.C.; obverse head of Athena left, wearing crested Phrygian helmet with decorated with a centauress on bow, KE (Kleudoros monogram) behind neck; reverse lion standing left devouring prey, Φ (recut over A) above, trace of Kleudoros KE monogram below, ethnic in exergue has been erased from the die and replaced with a "tablet" upon which another ethnic, YEΛHTΩN, is lightly engraved; SOLD










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