Numismata hellenica: a catalogue of Greek coins; with notes, a map ...

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Metal
M
M
M
M MJE
JE
M
Al
M
M
M
JR
M
JR
M
M
Size
3+
3
2
H
2i
3
2
3
3
5-4
4+
4+
5-4
5-
4i
Weight
47-2
44-7
17-8
14-2
16-4
94-4
114
113-3
114-6
99-4
112-9
109-9
112
97-4
EUROPEAN GREECE.
Head of Pallas to r. ; a wing on the helmet. B. No legend ; same type; above leaf
to r., club.
Same type. R. Same type and symbol ; in field to I., AK united.
Head of Pallas, with large plain helmet, to r. B. Same type ; in field to /., AAETA ;
to r., leaf, branching from stem of ear ; above which, cornucopise.
Seven others, average weight 15 grains.
Same type. B. Same legend and type ; on the leaf to r., plough ?.
Young male head, with horn as before. B. MET. Same type.
Head of Ceres to r. B. MET A. Same type ; on leaf to r., bee.
Head of Jupiter to I. B- Same legend and type ; on leaf to r., ?.
Radiated head of Apollo, adv. B. [A\ETA.] Three grains of barley, joined at one
end, and forming a triangle.
Pallas, throwing a javelin, to I. B. A\ETA. Owl ; in field to I., ear of com.
Another.
NEOPOLIS Campanise.
Note.—The archaic style of some of the coins of Neopolis, accords with the ancient belief, that it
was a colonial offset from CnmBe, not long after the foundation of that city, and that the name N«o-
iroXic (Kv/taiuv, scil.) referred to this fact. Its position was between the river Sebetus (Sebeto),
and the island Megaris (Castel del' Ovo), or in the center of the present site. An aboriginal town,
of name unknown, then existed to the east of the Sebetus ; this the Greeks called Paliepolis ; and it
continued to be separated from Neopolis as late as 325 B. c. (Liv. 8, 23). Parthenope, the synonym
of Neopolis, was derived from one of the Sirens, expelled from Sicily, who was kindly received by
the dwellers on the banks of the Glanis (Lycoph. v. 718), a river which rises above Nola, and flows
through the plains of Neopolis and Cumae. The tomb of Parthenope was still shewn at Neopolis in
the time of Strabo, and annual games were celebrated in her honour (p. 246). There can be little
question, therefore, that the female head, constant on the coins of Neopolis, is that of Parthenope.
The andromorphous bull, equally frequent on the reverses, is probably a type of the river Glanis,
though there is reason also to believe, that this worship was, at Neopolis, identified with that of
Bacchus, sumamed Hebon, or the Sun (Eckhel i. p. 138).
Head of Pallas to r. B. Andromorphous bull to I. ; above, I'EOPOu ; in exergue,
S3TI (N£on-o\ir»)c).
Female head, adv. (Parthenope ?). B. Andromorphous bull to I. ; above, NEOPOi,! ;
in exergue, jHT.
Female head, with diadem, earring, and necklace, to r. ; in field, three dolphins.
B. Andromorphous bull to r., crowned by Victory, flying to r. ; under the
bull, GE ; legend on exergue off the coin.— This and the one preceding are Elec-
trotypes from the B. M.
Another similar, but without necklace ; under the bull, OYIA. ; in exergue, [NE]0nOAlTON.
Same type ; behind the head, grapes. B. Same type ; in exergue, NEOnOAITHS.
Same type ; behind the neck, bird. B. Same type ; under the bull, dolphin ; in
exergue, NEOnOAlTHS.
behind the neck, small figure, stepping forward, with long torch in both
Same type ;
hands ; under the neck, in small letters, IIAPME. B. Same type ; under the
bull, ant ;
in exergue, NEOnOAITaN.
Note.—The same letters, IIAPME, similarly placed are found on the obverse of a Syracusan tetradrachmon
(Hunter, tab. 52. xvi.), marking it probably to have been, as well as the present coin, the
work of an artist named Parmenon or Parmeniscus.
Same type ; behind the neck, a mon. ! B. Same type ; bull, standing on a raised
plinth; upon which, NEOnOAlTiiN ; under the bull, 9.
Same type ; behind the neck, bell. B. Same type ; under the bull, mon. 98 ;
exergue off the coin.
1 A. if