Note: The ancient city of Campania, Hyria is a "lost city". Archaeologists have never found ruins.
A leading theory that is widely believed among modern scholars is that Hyria and Nola were
originally two separate cities. At some point in antiquity, possibly after one of the Punic Wars,
these two cities were forced to merge by the Romans. And they formed a new city of Nola.
This theory explains why archaeologists can't find any ruins, because there are none.
According to this theory, ancient Hyria is actually modern-day Nola.
Campania, Hyrietes (Hyria), ca. 400-395 BC, AR Nomos (didrachm), 22 mm, 6.67g
head of Athena wearing Attic helmet decorated with wreath and owl/
Oscan ethnic YDINAI ("hyrinai"), man-faced bull walking
SNG ANS 257-258, HN Italy 539, Rare (R1)
Posted March 2017
Campania, Hyria, ca. 405-385 BC, AR plated didrachm, 18 mm, 6.17g
head of Athena wearing Attic crested helmet
decorated with olive wreath and owl/
YDINA (Oscan), man-faced bull walking
SNG ANS 263, HN Italy 539
Posted April 2017
Campania, Hyria, ca. 405-385 BC, AR didrachm, 7.04g
head of Athena wearing Attic helmet decorated with wreath and owl/
YDINAI, man-faced bull walking
SNG ANS 264, Rare (R1)
Posted November 2015
Campania, Hyria, ca. 400-335 BC, AR didrachm
head of Athena wearing Attic helmet decorated with wreath and owl/
YDIANOΣ, man-faced bull walking
SNG ANS 265-266
Posted November 2015
Campania, Hyria, 405-385 BC, AR didrachm, 6.89g
head of Hera facing/
ANIDY (retrograde), man-faced bull walking
SNG ANS 271, Scarce (NC) or Rare (R1),
ex Frank Robinson, ex Pegasi/Spartan
Posted November 2015
Campania, Irnthi (Salerno), 340-309 BC (or ca. 250-225 BC?), AE 17, 3.02g
laureate head of Apollo/
IDNΘH, man-faced bull walking
SNG ANS 274-275, SNG Cop. 596-597, HN Italy 543,
MSP (Molinari) I, 183, Very Rare (R2),
ex ACR, auction #e22, lot #6
Posted September 2019
Note #1: The ancient city of Irnthi was located near the Irno River. It was populated
by Etruscans, Samnites, and Greeks. It is modern-day Salerno.
Note #2: The dealer dated this issue as ca. 250-225 BC. However, in his MSP
man-faced bull reference book, Nick Molinari dates it as 340-309 BC.
