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CAMPANIA. Neapolis. Circa 300-275 BC. Nomos (Silver, 21 mm, 7.40 g, 7 h), struck under the magistrates Artem... and The.... Diademed head of the nymph Parthenope to right, her hair bound with a diadem and tied at the back of her head, wearing a disc earring with a triple pendant and a pearl necklace; behind her neck, astragalus; beneath her neck truncation, ΑΡΤΕΜ. Rev. [Ν]ΕΟΠΟΛΙΤΩ[Ν] The man-faced bull Acheloos walking to right, his head facing front; above, Nike flying to right, crowning Acheloos with an olive wreath in honour of the Parthenopean Games; below Archeloos, ΘΕ. HN III 579. Sambon 463. SNG ANS 345. A beautifully toned coin of fine style, well-struck in high relief. Obverse struck slightly off-center, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.
Ex Waddell e50, 27 March 2002, 9, and previously in a European collection, ex Münzhandlung Basel 8, 22 March 1937, 11 and Egger XLV, 12 November 1913, 42.
The man-headed bull on this coin is Acheloos, god of rivers, who appears here because Parthenope was his daughter. The actual river god of Neapolis was the youthful Sepeithos, who appears on obols of the late 5th century (as HN III, 558) and personifies the river of the same name (the modern Sebéto).
Ex Waddell e50, 27 March 2002, 9, and previously in a European collection, ex Münzhandlung Basel 8, 22 March 1937, 11 and Egger XLV, 12 November 1913, 42.
The man-headed bull on this coin is Acheloos, god of rivers, who appears here because Parthenope was his daughter. The actual river god of Neapolis was the youthful Sepeithos, who appears on obols of the late 5th century (as HN III, 558) and personifies the river of the same name (the modern Sebéto).