275 BCE - 250 BCENEOΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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VIA GmbH, EA 8, 6 May 2022, 15
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Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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NEOΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ (Greek) Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Man headed bull (Acheloo) right, crowed by a flying Nike
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Neapolis
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Campania
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:
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Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 275 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 250 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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References
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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VOLCANOM before Head of Vulcan to left, wearing laureate pilos, tongs to right
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Zeus in biga galloping to right and brandishing thunderbolt, ethnic in exergue
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Aesernia
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Campania
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 263 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 240 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
References
- a b Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
- a b Hoover, Oliver D. (2018), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1. Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC., Lancaster-London, 2018, lxi, 527 pages, 23 cm