LUCANIA. Velia. Approximately 300-280 BC. Didrachm or Nomos (Silver, 22 mm, 7.51 g, 7 h). Head of Athena to right, wearing rested and laureate Attic helmet. Rev. YEÄHTΩN Lion walking right; below, N; in exergue, filled thyrsos. HN Italy 1300. SNG ANS 1353 (same this). SNG Ashmolean 1304 (same this). Williams 388d (this coin, O194/R274). Beautifully toned and with a fine pedigree. Struck from a slightly won obverse die and with two small scratches on the reverse, otherwise, very fine. Ex Leu 13, 27 May 2023, 13, from an old British collection, privately acquired from Dr. F. Sternberg in 1966, ex Münzhandlung Basel 8, 22-23 March 1937, 50 and Cahn 75, 30 May 1932, 95 ('from foreign and North German property'). This lot can be shipped to a US address.