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Auction 27  22 May 2023
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Lot 1005

Estimate: 2000 CHF
Price realized: 4400 CHF
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CAMPANIA. Neapolis. Circa 275-250 BC. Nomos (Silver, 20 mm, 7.40 g, 12 h). Head of the nymph Parthenope to left, her hair tied with a band, wearing a triple-pendant earring and a pearl necklace; behind, acrostolium. Rev. NEAΠOΛITΩN The man-faced bull Acheloos walking to right, his head facing front; above, Nike flying to right, crowning him with an olive wreath in honour of the Parthenopean Games; below Archeloos, E. HN III 586. Sambon 530. SNG ANS 414. SNG Paris 830-1. Beautifully toned, well-centered and of an attractive Hellenistic style. Minor areas of flat striking on both sides, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.
From a French collection, formed in the 1930s.

Compared to the previous lot, which could not have been produced more than a decade or so earlier, this coin shows quite a different concept of Parthenope: while also still an elegant young woman, she has a simpler hairstyle.
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