19091 - Neapolis (AE Apollo/Achelous) over Aesernia (Vulcan/biga) (VIA GmbH, EA 8, May 2022, 15)
From SILVER
275 BCE - 250 BCENEOΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | VIA GmbH, EA 8, 6 May 2022, 15 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | NEOΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ (Greek) Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Man headed bull (Acheloo) right, crowed by a flying Nike |
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.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | HN Italy1HN Italy, n° 589, HGC 12HGC 1, n° 474 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | VOLCANOM before Head of Vulcan to left, wearing laureate pilos, tongs to right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Zeus in biga galloping to right and brandishing thunderbolt, ethnic in exergue |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Aesernia | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Campania | Modern countryModern country: Italy | 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. 263 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 240 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | HN Italy1HN Italy, n° 430, HGC 12HGC 1, n° 337 | ||
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | "Überprägungsspuren im Revers" (nb: the wheels of a chariot are clearly visible) | ||
