Bronze coin

Full Iberian

 

 

 

Metal: Bronze.

Issuing entity: Neapolis (Naples, Italy).

Mint: Neapolis (Naples, Italy).

Date: 270-250 BC

Obverse:

Laureate head of Apollo to the left. Legend: [ηεοπολ]ITΩN.

Reverse:

Androcephalous bull crowned by Nike. Below him, in exergue legend ΙΣ.

Weight: 17.18 gr. - Diameter: 28 mm. - Axes: 9 h.

Described in: Rutter, N. K. (ed.), 2001: Historia Numorum. Italy, London, p. 71.

Published in: Ripollès Alegre, P. P., 1982: La circulación monetaria en la Tarraconense (Monetary Circulation in Tarraconensis).
Mediterránea, Valencia, p. 215, plate 24, no. 7; Roselló Cremades, N., 1990: "Cataloguing of the Iberian and Roman numismatic collections of the collections of: D. Isidro Albert, D. Ramón Quiles and a hoard of late Roman coins", Ayudas a la investigación 1986-1987. Instituto de Cultura Juan Gil-Albert, pp. 178, 183; Ramón Sánchez, J.J., García Barrachina, A., Verdú Parra, E., Bayo Fuentes, S., 2010: "Catálogo. Antigüedad", in Ramón Sánchez, J.J. (ed.), Monedas. Todas las caras de la Historia. Numismatic collections of the MARQ, Alicante, p. 96.

Monetary Inventory Number: 149.

Purchase. Isidro Albert Collection.