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Coin of Velia, Lucania
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Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus r.
Reverse: Owl facing, wings open.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of H. Bartlett Wells Class of 1929
Title: Coin of Velia, Lucania
Description:
Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus r.
Reverse: Owl facing, wings open.
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