Obol
Features
| Issuer |
Neapolis (Campania)
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 320 BC - 300 BC |
| Value | Obol (⅙) |
| Currency | Drachm |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 0.60 g |
| Diameter | 12 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 442592 |
| References | HN Italy# 572 Neville Keith Rutter, Andrew Burnett; 2001. Historia numorum: Italy. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. Arthur Sambon; 1903. Les monnaies antiques de l’Italie. Bureaux du "Musée", Paris, France. Jean Babelon, Louis Ciani (ed.), Jules Florange (ed.). Catalogue de la collection de Luynes - monnaies grecques. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France (4 volumes). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum France (8 volumes). Joan E. Fischer; 1969. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Collection of the American Numismatic Society / Part 1. Etruria-Calabria. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). Oliver D. Hoover; 2018. Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia / Volume 1: Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
Male head left or right, beardless and laureate; sometimes, letter or monogram.
Reverse
Heracles kneeling right, strangling the Nemean lion.
Script: Greek
Lettering: NEOΠOΛITΩN
Mint
Neapolis, Campania, modern-day Naples, ItalySee also
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (320 BC - 300 BC) | 
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$ 56 | $ 110 | ||||||||||||
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