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| Issuer | Neapolis (Campania) |
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| Year | 320 BC - 300 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reverse lettering | ΝΕΟΠΟΛΙΤΗΣ |
| Edge | Plain |
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Neapolis issued bronze coinage during this period under the shadow of a complicated political reality: the city had allied with Rome against the Samnites in 326 BC, ending a prior pro-Samnite faction's control of the city — a shift that effectively handed Rome its foothold in Campania. Bronze issues of this type circulated alongside the city's well-known silver didrachms, handling the small-change economy that silver could not practically serve. The HN Italy 574 classification places this firmly within a recognized series, but individual specimens vary enough in flan quality that die alignment and surface condition reward close examination before purchase.