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Nomos
| Issuer | Neapolis (Campania) |
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| Year | 300 BC |
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| Diameter | 20 mm |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of a nymph facing right, her hair elaborately dressed and secured with a broad beaded band, with loose wavy locks falling behind; a pendant earring adorns the ear and a necklace is visible at the throat. An astragalos (knucklebone) control symbol is placed in the left field behind the neck. The portrait is rendered in fine late Classical style, with naturalistic modelling of the facial features characteristic of Neapolitan coinage of the late fourth to early third century BC. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Neapolis maintained its mint with unusual consistency through the Samnite Wars, a period when most Campanian cities saw their coinage disrupted or subordinated to Roman military demand. This nomos belongs to the city's later autonomous issues, struck after Neapolis had allied with Rome in 326 BC — a treaty that paradoxically preserved its civic minting rights while most neighbors lost theirs. The HN Italy 579 classification places it within a well-documented sequence, though individual die linkages across the type reveal surprisingly small production runs per obverse die.