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Stater
| Issuer | Neapolis (Campania) |
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| Year | 320 BC - 300 BC |
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| Weight | 7.3 g |
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| Reverse description | A man-faced bull strides to the right, its bearded human head turned to face the viewer frontally, rendered in the distinctive Campanian artistic tradition symbolic of a river god. Above, a winged Victory flies to the right, extending a wreath to crown the bull. The legend NEOΠOΛITHΣ appears in the exergue or field, identifying the issuing city of Neapolis. |
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| Mint | Neapolis (Naples), Campania |
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Neapolis — modern Naples — secured its position as a major Campanian mint in the late fourth century BC partly through its alliance with Rome, formalized around 326 BC following the Second Samnite War's opening campaigns. The city retained the right to strike its own silver coinage under that arrangement, an unusual concession that reflects Neapolis's commercial importance to Roman supply lines along the Tyrrhenian coast. HN Italy 571 is among the more frequently encountered varieties of this type, though genuine examples with uncontaminated surfaces remain elusive given the region's soil chemistry.