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Campania, Neapolis AR Stater. Circa 300 BC. Diademed head of Parthenope right, wearing pendant earring and pearl necklace; four dolphins around / Man-faced bull walking to right, head facing, crowning by Victory, flying above to right; ΔI and ΘΕ below, NEOΠOΛITHΣ in exergue. SNG ANS 333-5; HN Italy 576. 7.57g, 20mm, 7h.
Very Fine; attractive old cabinet tone.
Acquired from Bertolami Fine Arts Ltd, London;
Ex private British collection.
Originally founded as Parthenope in the seventh or sixth century BC by Euboians from the nearby settlement of Kyme (Cumae), the city was named after the siren said to have washed ashore at Megaride after throwing herself into the sea when she failed to bewitch Odysseus with her song. Etruscan aggression in the centuries following the founding of Parthenope stymied its economic development to the extent that by the mid 5th century, the settlement had virtually ceased to exist. As Etruscan influence waned however, the area was occupied by settlers from Kyme who refounded the city somewhat further inland as Neapolis (new city). The original Parthenope came to be known as Palaipolis (old city), though the two quickly merged into a single entity.
Very Fine; attractive old cabinet tone.
Acquired from Bertolami Fine Arts Ltd, London;
Ex private British collection.
Originally founded as Parthenope in the seventh or sixth century BC by Euboians from the nearby settlement of Kyme (Cumae), the city was named after the siren said to have washed ashore at Megaride after throwing herself into the sea when she failed to bewitch Odysseus with her song. Etruscan aggression in the centuries following the founding of Parthenope stymied its economic development to the extent that by the mid 5th century, the settlement had virtually ceased to exist. As Etruscan influence waned however, the area was occupied by settlers from Kyme who refounded the city somewhat further inland as Neapolis (new city). The original Parthenope came to be known as Palaipolis (old city), though the two quickly merged into a single entity.