Campania, Neapolis, ca. 275-250 BC, AE 19, 6.50g
NEOΠOΛITΩN,
laureate head of Apollo, Σ/
man-faced bull walking, Nike flying above, crowning
bull, IΣ below, monogram in exergue
SNG ANS 491 var., Sambon 687,
MSP (Molinari) I, 384, SNG France 1018
Taliercio IIIa. 50/53, HN Italy 589
Graziano 443/4, HGC 1, 474
Posted December 2022
Campania, Neapolis, 325-241 BC, AE Obolo, 19 mm, 6.05g
NEOΠOΛITΩN(?),
laureate head of Apollo, Σ(?)/
man-faced bull walking, Nike flying above, crowning
bull, IΣ below, nothing(?) in exergue
SNG ANS 491 var. (IΣ in exergue), Sambon 687 a/b,
MSP (Molinari) I, 384, SNG France 1018
ex Tintinna auction Senza Riserva, April 2020, lot #3
Posted February 2021
Note from MSP (Molinari) I: Sambon describes the obverse
symbol as a Σ-like symbol or simply Σ.
Campania, Neapolis, ca. 263-240 BC, AE 22, 6.94g
NEOΠOΛITΩN,
laureate head of Apollo, Σ (or retrograde K?)/
man-faced bull walking, Nike flying above, crowning bull, IΣ
MSP (Molinari) I, 384 (Σ) or 356 (retrograde K),
SNG ANS 491 var., Sambon 687 a/b, HN Italy 589
Posted September 2019
Note #1: The dealer mis-attributed this coin as Samnium, Aesernia.
Note #2: On the obverse of this example, there is a symbol at right. That symbol
is probably a Σ. There is a remote possibility that it is a retrograde letter K.
