Description: Archaios Numismatics Description: Greek Bronze coin from Cales in Campania, Italy, Circa 268 B.C. Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo left Reverse: Nike flying Right above and crowning Man-Headed Bull, CALENO in exergue Mint: Cales, Campania Itaiy Size: 21 mm Weight: 6.54 g Provenance: ex-Roma Numismatics --> InventoryID:1909.33.19; 59.1206 Ref: SNG France Italie-Calabre 470-474 Condition: Good Fine/Fine. Strong wear but still a rare item from less common Cales rather than the far more common Neapolis issues of this type. As always, Please use the Pictures as your judge as grading is subjective. Notes: Cales was an ancient city of Campania in southern Italy (in today's comune of Calvi Risorta) belonging originally to the Aurunci and Ausoni tribes and located on the Via Latina. The Romans captured it in 335 BC and established a colony with 2,500 citizens. Cales was initially the center of the Roman dominion in Campania. It was also an important base in the war against Hannibal. The fertility of its territory and its manufacture of black glazed pottery, which was even exported to Etruria, made it prosperous. Coinage: In the period after 335 are numerous silver and bronze coins with the inscription CALENO. The early type of the reverses on the AES Grave types was a kantharos or cup (calix) and was probably chosen as an indication of the chief industries of the city, the wine-trade and manufacture of ceramics. It also suggests the resemblance in sound between calix and Cales. Campania was a region of Italy located on the south-western coast of the Italian Peninsula, with the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west. Seashores of the region was colonised by Ancient Greeks between 8th and 7th centuries BC, becoming part of so-called Magna Græcia. The coinage of this district was of Greek Phocaean origin, and consisted of didrachms and of bronze coins of about the same size as the didrachm, which perhaps represent the older litra of silver. The silver money comes to an end in general about B.C. 268, when the Roman denarius was first issued. How long after this date bronze continued to be coined in Campania it is hard to determine but it was certainly very generally issued down to the close of the Hannibalic war and the fall of Capua, B.C. 211, and some towns specially favoured by the Romans may have preserved the right of coining their own bronze money for perhaps a century longer. Some Excerpts From Head, Hist. Num., and Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia We Thank You for stopping in and taking time to look at and bid on our listings. Good Luck Bidding or Buying ! We encourage you to click the "See other items" link above in the "Seller Information" area of the listing as well to check out our other items posted. We have a variety of great classical and other ancient numismatic items available. We will be regularly continuing to post for sale and auction a wide variety of Ancient Roman, Greek, and Eastern coins as well as Medieval, Byzantine, and some Modern coins as well. We do combine shipping if buying or winning multiple items. Just contact us before you pay and let us know and we will gladly send an updated invoice with the combined shipping amount. You can also follow us to be notified when new listings are posted. With over 20 years in the numismatics hobby we continue to revel in the excitement that comes from holding each new small piece of history in our hands. We enjoy the enduring sense of history both of the prior uses and users as well as the creativity and necessity that surround the time and place at which these coins were minted and used in circulation. Our aim is to cater not just to the high end collector but also to the hobbyist and the newly initiated and those on a limited budget. Everyone starts the hobby somewhere and where we can share our knowledge to help inform or jumpstart your collecting pleasure we will aim to do so. We want you to love every purchase you make with us and we always stand by the quality and authenticity of all the coins we are selling.
Price: 95 USD
Location: Seattle, Washington
End Time: 2025-02-11T21:48:20.000Z
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Composition: Bronze
Era: Ancient
Historical Period: Greek (450 BC-100 AD)
