275 BCE - 250 BCE | ΝΕΑΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Overstriking coin
SO 2157 - Neapolis over uncertain mint.jpg
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΝΕΑΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ (Greek) Man-headed bull right, being crowned by Nike flying to right above. At the exergue, ΙΣ.
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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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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 5.785.78 g <br />5,780 mg <br />
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
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DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />
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References
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Modern countryModern country:
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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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
References
- ^ Burnett, Andrew M. - Crawford, Michael H. (1998), "Overstrikes at Neapolis and coinage at Poseidonia-Paestum," in Richard Ashton et Silvia Hurter (eds.), Studies in Greek numismatics in memory of Martin Jessop Price, London, p. 55-57, pl. 14.
- ^ Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
- ^ 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