MONNAIES 18 (2003)
Starting price : 400.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 400.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Nomos ou didrachme
Date: c. 325-280 AC.
Mint name / Town : Naples
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 7,18 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan irrégulier, très large pour ce type avec un beau petit portrait. Légèrement décentré au revers sur la tête du taureau. Flan un peu piqué et corrodé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock Feuardent
Obverse
Obverse legend : RESTES DE LÉGENDE SOUS LE COU.
Obverse description : Tête de la nymphe Parthénopé ou Néapolis à droite, la chevelure bouclée, ceinte d’un bandeau avec collier et boucles d’oreille ; derrière la tête, restes d’une petite Artémis courant à droite tenant deux torches.
Obverse legend : [LR]
Reverse
Reverse description : Taureau androcéphale passant à droite couronné par Niké volant à droite.
Reverse legend : NEOPOLITW[N]/ MT
Commentary
Semble inédit et non répertorié avec cette combinaison de droit et de revers. Manque aux principaux ouvrages consultés. Sur notre exemplaire, la petite Artémis est en partie hors champ bien que le flan soit très large. Deux lettres semblent émerger en exergue sous le cou de la nymphe. Au revers les deux lettres sous le taureau sont bien MT et non pas MY.
Appears unpublished and unlisted with this combination of obverse and reverse. Missing from the main works consulted. On our example, the little Artemis is partly out of focus although the flan is very wide. Two letters seem to emerge in exergue under the nymph's neck. On the reverse the two letters under the bull are indeed MT and not MY
Appears unpublished and unlisted with this combination of obverse and reverse. Missing from the main works consulted. On our example, the little Artemis is partly out of focus although the flan is very wide. Two letters seem to emerge in exergue under the nymph's neck. On the reverse the two letters under the bull are indeed MT and not MY
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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