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A work made of silver.

Stater Coin Depicting the Nymph Parthenope

325-241 BCE

Greek, minted in Neapolis (now Naples), Campania, Italy

Naples

The front of this coin depicts the head of the nymph Pathenope, facing right.

On the back a bull with a man's head is shown with the goddess Nike above.

Silver

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium