Didrachm of Velia

Description Obverse: Head of Athena, helmeted with pegasus and human figure decoration, right, wearing a triangular earring. Reverse: Lion prowling right.

Exhibitions

• Bedazzled: 5,000 Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum. Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2006-2009.
• Things With Wings: Mythological Figures in Ancient Greek Art. Ward Museum, Salisbury. 2009.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Inscription, Greek; reverse] YEΛHTΩN [Translation] Of the people of Velia

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters