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Neapolis, Campania, Italy, 250 - 225 B.C.
Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Bronze Age Greek settlements were established in the area in the second millennium B.C. The city was refounded as Neapolis in the sixth century B.C. and became a lynchpin of Magna Graecia, playing a key role in the merging of Greek culture into Roman society and becoming a cultural center of the Roman Republic. During the Samnite Wars, the city, now a bustling center of trade, was captured by the Samnites; however, the Romans soon took the city and made it a Roman colony. During the Punic Wars, when this coin was struck, the strong walls surrounding Neapolis repelled the forces of the Carthaginian general Hannibal.GI69729. Bronze AE 19, SNG ANS 524; SNG Cop 542; Sambon 730; BMC Italy, p. 116, 242; HN Italy 592, F, glossy near black patina, tight flan, some corrosion and encrustations, Neapolis (Naples, Italy) mint, weight 6.083g, maximum diameter 18.6mm, die axis 270o, 250 - 225 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Apollo left with long hair, helmet with cheek pieces (control symbol) behind; reverse lyre, on left, leaning against omphalos, on right, NΕOΠOΛITΩN above ornamented trident head left and PO in exergue; from the Butte College Foundation; ex Lindgren; SOLD
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