CAMPANIA, Neapolis. Circa 300 BC. AR Nomos (20.5mm, 7.49 g, 8h). Good VF.

CNG Feature Auction 133
Lot: 9. Estimated: $ 1 000

Greek, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver

Sold For $ 3 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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CAMPANIA, Neapolis. Circa 300 BC. AR Nomos (20.5mm, 7.49 g, 8h). Head of nymph right, hair in band; astragalos behind neck / Man-headed bull standing right, head facing; above, Nike flying right, crowing bull. Sambon 464; HN Italy 579. Lovely old cabinet tone. Good VF.

From Collection JLT, purchased from Edward J. Waddell, 9 August 1998. Ex Naville V (18 June 1923), lot 178.

Neapolis, modern-day Naples, located in Southwestern Italy in the region of Campania on the Bay of Naples, an arm of the Tyrrhenian Sea, was founded from Cumae (Cuma) by the Greeks in 650 BC, including the little island of Megaris (the Castel dell’Ovo). Further colonists came from Chalkis in Euboea, from Pithecusae (Ischia) beside the Gulf of Cumae, and from Athens. An extension of the city was laid out in a rectangular grid pattern toward the northeast, which was given the name Neapolis. That city was conquered around 327/6 BC by the Roman general, Quintus Publilius Philo. After this, Neapolis became an ally of the Romans, issuing bronze coins, with legends in Greek. The city extended help during the hostilities against Pyrrhos of Epeiros (280-275 BC), and supported Rome against Hannibal during the Second Punic War (218-201 BC).

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