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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mikey Zee, post: 2452945, member: 72818&quot;]Ironically, it&#039;s usually the reverse that seals the deal for me but the opposite seems to be true lately. In this case, the reverse is more than a bit off-center and part of Nike and the left side of the man-headed bull are off flan but the obverse of the nymph Parthenope is so exquisitely beautiful, so artistically rendered, that I couldn&#039;t let yet another example slip through my fingers. The fact that this coin is of &#039;Magna Graecia&#039; (Neapolis), a didrachm and struck during the era when Rome first began expanding across the Italian peninsula and at a time when they would be engaged not only in the First Punic War but also would be confronting various Greek rulers as they ventured beyond Italy just added to the charm of this lovely, toned silver coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please feel free to post any examples of the type, or any other you may have of Magna Graecia or of a didrachm.....In short, please share any coin you feel is in any way relevant.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Silver Didrachm, struck circa 326-290 BC; Neapolis, Italy</p><p>7.35 grams, 22 mm; SNG ANS 340.</p><p>Diademed head of the nymph Parthenope right,</p><p>wearing pennant earring and pearl necklace.</p><p>Artemis standing holding two torches (control symbol) behind neck</p><p>APTEMI below &#039;truncation&#039;</p><p><br /></p><p>Man-faced bull standing, head turned right facing,</p><p>Nike flying above placing wreath on bulls head, retrograde N below.</p><p>NEONOAITON in exergue</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]512689[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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