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Stater of Neapolis with head of Parthenope, struck under Chari[...]
Greek
Late Classical or Early Hellenistic Period
340–300 B.C.
Mint: Campania, Neapolis
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 7.29 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.295
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0037.
DescriptionObverse: Head of nymph Parthenope to right; hair on forehead rolled;
at left, a kantharos.
Inscription in Greek below.
Reverse: Bearded man-faced river bull walking right, head facing three-quarters right, Above: Nike in chiton without overfall, her arms outstretched.
Inscriptions in Greek between legs of bull and in exergue.
Struck under Magistrate Chari. . .
at left, a kantharos.
Inscription in Greek below.
Reverse: Bearded man-faced river bull walking right, head facing three-quarters right, Above: Nike in chiton without overfall, her arms outstretched.
Inscriptions in Greek between legs of bull and in exergue.
Struck under Magistrate Chari. . .
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 12); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren