Nomos

Features

Issuer Velia (Lucania)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 300 BC - 280 BC
Value Nomos (3)
Currency As
Composition Silver
Weight 7.45 g
Diameter 20.5 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
274861
References HN Italy# 1308,
N. Keith Rutter, Andrew Burnett; 2001. Historia numorum : Italy. British Museum Press, London, United Kingdom.
SNG ANS 2# 1385,
Hyla A. Troxell; 1972. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum / Part 2. Lucania : The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. American Numismatic Society, New York, United States.
BostonMFA# 161,
Agnes Baldwin Brett; 1955. Catalogue of Greek Coins. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
McClean# 1464,
Sidney W. Grose; 1923. Fitzwilliam Museum / Volume 1. Western Europe, Magna Graecia, Sicily : Catalogue of the McClean Collection of Greek Coins. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
And 2 more volumes.
Nanteuil# 198,
Henri Joseph de la Barre de Nanteuil ; 1925. Collection de monnaies grecques. Jules Florange, Louis Ciani, Paris, France.
SNG Copenhagen# 1583,
Niels Breitenstein, Willy Schwabacher; 1942. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 1. Italy, Part 1 : Etruria - Campania. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
And 43 more volumes.
SNG Lockett# 562
Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson, Richard Cyril Lockett; 1938. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum (Great Britain) / Volume 3.1. The Lockett Collection : Spain - Italy (Gold and Silver). Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom.
And 4 more volumes.

Obverse

Head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with a wing; Φ below chin, •K behind neck guard

Script: Greek

Reverse

Lion standing right; above, triskeles between Φ and I; Π below, YEΛHTΩN in exergue

Script: Greek

Lettering:
Φ I
Π
YEΛHTΩN

Mint

Velia, Lucania, modern-day Marina di Ascea, Italy

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (300 BC - 280 BC)  Photo $ 860

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Nomos
CNG
Triton XXIII
Lot 55
Internet Archive
14 Jan 2020 XF USD 11 400.00
(incl. buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Nomos
Künker
Auction 326
Lot 553
Internet Archive
7 Oct 2019 VF USD 862.03
(EUR 800.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Nomos
Leu Numismatik
Web Auction 1
Lot 93
Internet Archive
25 Jun 2017 VF USD 243.74
(CHF 220.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Nomos
Stacks Bowers
Sale 164 - N.Y.I.N.C. Auction
Lot 57
Internet Archive
6 Jan 2012 VF USD 977.50
(incl. buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Nomos
CNG
Auction 87
Lot 185
Internet Archive
18 May 2011 VF USD 2300.00
(+ buyer's premium)
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