Live auction - bgr_467444 - CAMPANIA - NEAPOLIS Nomos ou didrachme
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| Estimate : | 1 500 € |
| Price : | 750 € |
| Maximum bid : | 750 € |
| End of the sale : | 06 March 2018 14:00:43 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Nomos ou didrachme
Date: c. 326/317 - 290 AC.
Mint name / Town : Naples, Campanie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 7,37 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Portrait de Néapolis magnifique. Très joli revers de style fin. Patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock d’Alain Poinsignon (Strasbourg) et de la collection M. P
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête de la nymphe Parthénopé ou Néapolis à droite, la chevelure bouclée, ceinte d’un bandeau avec collier et boucle d’oreille ; derrière la tête, un osselet (astragale).
Obverse legend : CARILEW.
Obverse translation : (Charileos).
Reverse
Reverse description : Taureau androcéphale passant à droite, la tête barbue de face, couronné par Niké volant à droite ; entre les pattes, une lettre.
Reverse legend : NEOPOLITWN/ K.
Reverse translation : (de Naples).
Commentary
Même coin de droit que les exemplaires du Cabinet des médailles de la BnF (SNG. France 6./ 796-797, pl. 58). Nomos signé Charileos. Pour ce type, le nom placé sous la tête de la nymphe doit plutôt être interprété comme un nom de magistrat monétaire plutôt que la signature d’un graveur particulier comme le signale N. K. Rutter (HN. italy, p. 70, n° 579 note).
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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