Description: Archaios Numismatics Description: Greek Bronze coin from Neapolis in Campania, Italy, 270-250 B.C. Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo left , NEOΠOΛITΩN around left Reverse: Nike flying Right above and crowning Man-Headed Bull, IΣ below legs of Bull Mint: Neapolis, Campania Itaiy Size: 18 mm Weight: 4.13 g Provenance: ex-Roma Numismatics Ref: SNG Cop 756-757, SNG France Italie-Calabre 975, HN Italy 589 Condition: Very Fine, Clipped. As always, Please use the Pictures as your judge as grading is subjective. Notes: Neapolis was an ancient Rhodian colony of Italy originally called Parthenope. The town was recolonized by the Cumaeans in the course of the sixth century B.C. About the middle of the fifth century Chalcidian and Athenian settlers called the place Neapolis. Subsequently it was menaced by the Samnites, circ. B.C. 420, who had overrun Campania, and who, circ. B.C. 390, occupied the citadel of Parthenope and dominated the city for about half a century. In B.C. 290 Neapolis fell into the hands of the Romans, but it always remained essentially a Greek town, and continued to strike silver coins probably down to the end of the First Punic War, B.C. 241. About B.C. 340 the small silver coinage is for the most part replaced by a bronze coinage which began then to be issued. These coins seem to be fractions of the obol or of the litra, and they outlast the silver coinage by a period of uncertain duration. The chief types are the following:— Head of Apollo / Forepart of. Man-headed bull. "" / Man-headed bull. "" / Man-headed bull crowned by Nike. "" / Omphalos and Lyre. Head of one of the Dioskuri. / Horseman Head of Artemis. / Cornucopiae. All the later coins of Neapolis have symbols or letters in the field. Among the latter we may mention IΣ as being extremely common, and curiously enough not peculiar to coins of Neapolis, for it likewise occurs on contemporary coins of Aesernia, Cales, Compulteria, Suessa, and Teanum. Campania was a region of Italy located on the south-western coast of the Italian Peninsula, with the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west. Seashores of the region was colonised by Ancient Greeks between 8th and 7th centuries BC, becoming part of so-called Magna Græcia. The coinage of this district was of Greek Phocaean origin, and consisted of didrachms and of bronze coins of about the same size as the didrachm, which perhaps represent the older litra of silver. The silver money comes to an end in general about B.C. 268, when the Roman denarius was first issued. How long after this date bronze continued to be coined in Campania it is hard to determine but it was certainly very generally issued down to the close of the Hannibalic war and the fall of Capua, B.C. 211, and some towns specially favoured by the Romans may have preserved the right of coining their own bronze money for perhaps a century longer. Some Excerpts From Head, Hist. Num., and Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia We Thank You for stopping in and taking time to look at and bid on our listings. Good Luck Bidding or Buying ! We encourage you to click the "See other items" link above in the "Seller Information" area of the listing as well to check out our other items posted. We have a variety of great classical and other ancient numismatic items available. We will be regularly continuing to post for sale and auction a wide variety of Ancient Roman, Greek, and Eastern coins as well as Medieval, Byzantine, and some Modern coins as well. We do combine shipping if buying or winning multiple items. Just contact us before you pay and let us know and we will gladly send an updated invoice with the combined shipping amount. You can also follow us to be notified when new listings are posted. With over 20 years in the numismatics hobby we continue to revel in the excitement that comes from holding each new small piece of history in our hands. We enjoy the enduring sense of history both of the prior uses and users as well as the creativity and necessity that surround the time and place at which these coins were minted and used in circulation. Our aim is to cater not just to the high end collector but also to the hobbyist and the newly initiated and those on a limited budget. Everyone starts the hobby somewhere and where we can share our knowledge to help inform or jumpstart your collecting pleasure we will aim to do so. We want you to love every purchase you make with us and we always stand by the quality and authenticity of all the coins we are selling.
Price: 95 USD
Location: Seattle, Washington
End Time: 2025-01-11T21:28:49.000Z
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Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Composition: Bronze
