Campania, Neapolis

6,000.00

1 in stock

Description

Circa 300-275 BC. AR nomos, 7.41 gr., 19 mm.

 Obv.: diademed head of nymph to the right, wearing earrings and necklace; in left field: astragalus, below: APTEM.

 Rev.: NEOΠOΛIT[ΩN]; man-headed bull advancing to the right, crowned by Nike flying to the right above; below: ΘE.

 Ref.: Sambon 463; SNG ANS 345; HNI 579. Ex Münzhandlung Basel 3 (Basel 1935), lot 159; ex Leu 53 (Zürich 1966), lot 3.
Wonderful old cabinet tone and fine provenance. Nearly Extremely Fine.
 From the collection of Prince Christian August von Waldeck-Pyrmont (1744-1798).