Coin: ar didrachm

Museum number:
8-5478
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080005478
Accession number:
Acc.895
Description:
Coin; AR; Didrachm; Greek. 7.62 grams, 21.5 mm. After 400 BC. Lucania, Italy. Obverse: Head of Athena l. draped, helemted, on which female centaur; behind, monogram. Reverse: ΥΕΛΗΤΩΝ, lion l. devouring prey, ; above, I•; beneath, Φ; in exergue, a group of four raised streaks downward.
Donor:
University of California Library
Collection place:
Basilicata, Southern Italy
Production place:
Velia (ancient place), Lucania, Southern Italy
Culture or time period:
Greek Classical Period (480–323 BC)
Collector:
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Athena (Greek deity)
Inscription:
Reverse exergue: YELHTON and Reverse legend: YHLHTON (Greek translit.); phi symbol in field (confirm symbol is ?)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Athena, Coins (money), and Didrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
after 400 BC
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
linear 21.5 millimeters and weight 7.62 grams
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-5478, described as Coin; AR; Didrachm; Greek. 7.62 grams, 21.5 mm. After 400 BC. Lucania, Italy. Obverse: Head of Athena l. draped, helemted, on which female centaur; behind, monogram. Reverse: ΥΕΛΗΤΩΝ, lion l. devouring prey, ; above, I•; beneath, Φ; in exergue, a group of four raised streaks downward.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-5478, described as Coin; AR; Didrachm; Greek. 7.62 grams, 21.5 mm. After 400 BC. Lucania, Italy. Obverse: Head of Athena l. draped, helemted, on which female centaur; behind, monogram. Reverse: ΥΕΛΗΤΩΝ, lion l. devouring prey, ; above, I•; beneath, Φ; in exergue, a group of four raised streaks downward.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-5478, described as Coin; AR; Didrachm; Greek. 7.62 grams, 21.5 mm. After 400 BC. Lucania, Italy. Obverse: Head of Athena l. draped, helemted, on which female centaur; behind, monogram. Reverse: ΥΕΛΗΤΩΝ, lion l. devouring prey, ; above, I•; beneath, Φ; in exergue, a group of four raised streaks downward.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-5478, described as Coin; AR; Didrachm; Greek. 7.62 grams, 21.5 mm. After 400 BC. Lucania, Italy. Obverse: Head of Athena l. draped, helemted, on which female centaur; behind, monogram. Reverse: ΥΕΛΗΤΩΝ, lion l. devouring prey, ; above, I•; beneath, Φ; in exergue, a group of four raised streaks downward.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-5478, described as Coin; AR; Didrachm; Greek. 7.62 grams, 21.5 mm. After 400 BC. Lucania, Italy. Obverse: Head of Athena l. draped, helemted, on which female centaur; behind, monogram. Reverse: ΥΕΛΗΤΩΝ, lion l. devouring prey, ; above, I•; beneath, Φ; in exergue, a group of four raised streaks downward.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-5478, described as Coin; AR; Didrachm; Greek. 7.62 grams, 21.5 mm. After 400 BC. Lucania, Italy. Obverse: Head of Athena l. draped, helemted, on which female centaur; behind, monogram. Reverse: ΥΕΛΗΤΩΝ, lion l. devouring prey, ; above, I•; beneath, Φ; in exergue, a group of four raised streaks downward.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-5478, described as Coin; AR; Didrachm; Greek. 7.62 grams, 21.5 mm. After 400 BC. Lucania, Italy. Obverse: Head of Athena l. draped, helemted, on which female centaur; behind, monogram. Reverse: ΥΕΛΗΤΩΝ, lion l. devouring prey, ; above, I•; beneath, Φ; in exergue, a group of four raised streaks downward.

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