Lucania, Velia AR Didrachm. Circa 300-280 BC. Philistion Group. Head of Athena to left, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with hippocamp on bowl; monogram before / Lion walking to right; Φ-I flanking ornate trident head to right above, YEΛHTΩN in exergue. Williams Period VII, 511.a (this coin, O257/R359); HN Italy 1312; SNG ANS 1390; McClean 1466 (same dies); de Luynes 640; HGC 1, 1319. 7.44g, 22mm, 1h.

Good Extremely Fine; a magnificent portrait of Athena with splendid iridescence and a beautiful old cabinet tone.

This coin published in R. T. Williams, Silver Coinage of Velia (London, 1992);
Ex Beaussant Lefèvre, Auction 2, 11-12 October 2011, lot 8;
Ex collection of Captain E. G. Spencer-Churchill (cousin to Sir Winston Churchill), Ars Classica S.A., Auction XVI, 3 July 1933, lot 285.