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CAMPANIA, Neapolis, c. 290-270 BC, AR Didrachm. 7.12g, 19.5mm.
Obv: Diademed head of the siren Parthenope l.; in r. field, B and M below.
Rev. Man-faced bull advancing r.: below, E.
SNG ANS 385, SNG Cop 444, Historia Numorum Italy 586.
From the Tiberius Collection.
Parthenope was a siren who threw herself into the sea after failing to bewitch Odysseus, and allegedly washed ashore on a tiny island in the vicinity of Naples, one of the oldest Greek colonies in Italy. Neapolitans today still sometimes refer to themselves as “Partenopei.”