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Diobol of Velia (Hyele) with forepart of lion devouring stag's leg
Greek
Archaic Period
520–500 B.C.
Mint: Lucania, Velia (Hyele)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 10 mm. Weight: 1.13 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.372
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0148.
DescriptionObverse: Forepart of lion left devouring stag's leg (off flan); head facing; right foreleg extended holding stag's leg; truncation dotted.
Reverse: Fourpart square incuse.
Reverse: Fourpart square incuse.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 118); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren