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bgr_431378 - CAMPANIA - NEAPOLIS Litra

CAMPANIA - NEAPOLIS Litra XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 145.00 €
Type : Litra
Date: c. 275-250 AC.
Mint name / Town : Naples, Campanie
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,58 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Belle tête d’Apollon. Joli revers de frappe un peu faible. Épaisse patine vert foncé

Obverse


Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à gauche, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque ; monogramme derrière la tête.
Obverse legend : NEOPOLITWN/ (H).
Obverse translation : (de Naples).

Reverse


Reverse description : Taureau androcéphale cornupète, la tête de face passant à droite, couronné par Niké volant à droite.
Reverse legend : OS/ IS.

Commentary


Poids très léger.

Historical background


CAMPANIA - NEAPOLIS

(340-241 BC)

Neapolis, of very ancient creation, was first founded by Rhodian settlers under the name of Parthenope in the 8th century BC. The city was then colonized by the inhabitants of Cumae a century later. In the 5th century BC under the impetus of Chalcidian and Athenian colonists, the city took its definitive name of Neapolis (Naples). The Samnites eventually invaded Campania and occupied the citadel of Naples for over fifty years. Finally the Romans seized Naples in the 3rd century BC. The city nevertheless remained Hellenized and maintained its independence until 241 BC..

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