2157 - Neapolis (AE Apollo/Achelous) over uncertain type (Roma Numismatics, EA 88, Sept. 2021, 32)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3174

275 BCE - 250 BCE | ΝΕΑΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 2157 - Neapolis over uncertain mint.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Roma Numismatics, EA 88, 9 Sept. 2021, 32
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Vitangelo collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΝΕΑΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ (Greek) Man-headed bull right, being crowned by Nike flying to right above. At the exergue, ΙΣ.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Neapolis

Ancient regionAncient region.

Campania

Modern countryModern country: Italy

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:

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

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 5.785.78 g <br />5,780 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Burnett - Crawford 1998, p. 55-57	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Burnett - Crawford 19981Burnett - Crawford 1998, p. 55-57, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 589, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 474
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/neapolis campania.hn italy.589

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

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..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

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