Ancient Coinage of Cales, Campania

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SILVER
BMC 4Cales, Campania. AR Didrachm. 261-240 BC. 23 mm, 7.35 g. Head of Athena right, in Corinthian helmet decorated with a serpent, wing behind head. / CALENO, Nike in biga galloping left. BMC 4; De Luynes 65; SNG France I 417. (Sambon 897 var, also has an E on the helmet).TextImage
BMC 9Cales, Campania, AR didrachm, 265-240 BC. 21.5 mm, 6.89 g. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with griffin, tripod behind head. / CALENO, Nike, holding kentron and reins, in biga galloping left. Sambon 899; BMC 9; Berlin 7; Paris 162; SNG France I 420; Mionnet I, 110.TextImage
CNG 71, 2Cales, Campania. Circa 265-240 BC. AR Didrachm. Helmeted head of Athena right, in undecorated Corinthian helmet, no symbol. / CALENO, Nike, holding whip and reins, driving biga left. Unpushlished with head right without symbols. CNG 71, 2. TextImage
Lindgren sale 49, 2Cales, Campania, AR didrachm. 334-268 BC, 21 mm, 6.76 g. Head of Athena right, thunderbolt behind head, H below. / CALENO, Nike driving biga left. Lindgren sale 49, 2. Unpublished with thunderbolt and H combination. (Var of Sambon 898; Naples Santangelo 650-651; Paris 161; SNG France I 418-419; SNG ANS 172; SNG Oxford 36 all without H). TextImage
Prowe 35Cales, Campania, AR didrachm, 334-268 BC, 21 mm 7 g. Head of Athena right, in Corinthian helmet decorated with a palmette, flower behind head. / CALENO, Nike in biga galloping left. Prowe (1904), 35. Var of Sambon 901; Paris 163; SNG France I 421 (laurel branch behind head).TextImage
Sambon 887Cales, Campania. AR Didrachm. 261-240 BC. 19 mm, 7.3 g. Head of Athena left, in Corinthian helmet decorated with a griffin leaping left, pentagram behind head, B below. / CALENO (off flan), Nike, holding reins, driving galloping biga left. Sambon 887; Evans sale 23 (Cahn 1933).TextImage
Sambon 893Cales, Campania. AR Didrachm. 265-240 BC. 20mm, 7.29 g. Head of Athena left, in Corinthian helmet decorated with a serpent (here worn), club behind head, Γ below. / CALENO, Nike in biga galloping left. Sambon 893; Naples Santangelo 640-643; Paris 157; SNG France I 431; SNG Cop 306.TextImage
Sambon 896Cales, Campania. AR Didrachm. 265-240 BC. 21 mm, 7.15 g. Head of Athena right, in Corinthian helmet decorated with a star, bipennis (labrys) behind head. / CALENO, Nike in biga galloping left. Sambon 896; Paris 159 (this coin); SNG France I 414 (this coin)-415; BMC 11; Hunter 5; Naples Santangelo 649; Mionnet I, 111 (this coin); de Luynes 67; SNG Munich 139.TextImage
Sambon 901Cales, Campania. AR Didrachm. 261-240 BC. 21 mm, 6.69 g. Head of Athena right, in Corinthian helmet decorated with a palmette, laurel branch angled to left behind head. / CALENO, Nike in biga galloping left. Sambon 901; Naples 799; Naples Santangelo 653; Paris 163; SNG France I 421.TextImage
Sambon 905Cales, Campania. AR Didrachm. 265-240 BC. 21 mm, 6.89 g. Head of Athena right, in Corinthian helmet decorated with a wing, club behind head. / CALENO, Nike in biga galloping left. Sambon 905; BMC 8; Naples Santangelo 655; SNG ANS 173. (Sambon omits the wing on the helmet, but cites BMC 8).TextImage
Sambon 907Cales, Campania. AR Didrachm. 261-240 BC. 23 mm, 6.84 g. Head of Athena right, in Corinthian helmet decorated with a star, helmet with straps behind head. / CALENO, Nike in biga galloping left. Sambon 907; Berlin 4.TextImage
Sambon 908Cales, Campania. AR Didrachm. 265-240 BC. 21 mm, 6.75 g. Head of Athena right, in undecorated Corinthian helmet, round shield behind head. / CALENO, Nike in biga galloping left. Sambon 908; Paris 166 (this coin); SNG France I 423 (ditto); Naples Santangelo 647.TextImage
Sambon 909Cales, Campania. AR Didrachm. 265-240 BC. 20mm, 7.29 g. Head of Athena right, in undecorated Corinthian helmet, oval shield behind head. / CALENO, Nike in biga galloping left. Sambon 909; Naples Santangelo 648; SNG Cop 302.TextImage
Sambon 911Cales, Campania. AR Didrachm. 261-240 BC. 21 mm, 7.31 g. Head of Athena right, in Corinthian helmet decorated with a serpent, sword behind head. / CALENO, Nike in biga galloping left. Sambon 911; de Luynes 66; SNG France I 426.TextImage
Sambon 912Cales, Campania. AR Didrachm. 265-240 BC. 21 mm, 7.07 g. Head of Athena right, in undecorated Corinthian helmet, trident behind head, E below. / CALENO, Nike in biga galloping left. Sambon 912; Naples Santangelo 652; SNG France I 427.TextImage
Sambon 914Cales, Campania. AR Didrachm. 261-240 BC. 21 mm, 7.17 g. Head of Athena right, in Corinthian helmet decorated with a wreath, spearhead behind head. / CALENO, Nike in biga galloping left. Sambon 914; Naples 795-796; Paris 167; SNG France I 428; Berlin 11; Mionnet I, 108; SNG Munich 141.TextImage
Sambon 915Cales, Campania. AR Didrachm. 261-240 BC. 21 mm, 7.27 g. Head of Athena right, in Corinthian helmet decorated with a griffin, laurel branch angled to right behind head, (probably N below, off flan). / CALENO, Nike in biga galloping left. Sambon 915; SNG Oxford 39; Paris 168; SNG France I 429.TextImage
SNG ANS 170CAMPANIA, Cales. ca 265-240 BC. AR Didrachm. Head of Athena left, in crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a dolphin; cornucopiae behind head / CALENO, Nike in biga galloping left, holding reins in both hands. Sambon 886; BMC 1; Hunter 1; SNG ANS 170; SNG Cop 304; Paris 158; SNG France I 432 corr. (symbol positions reversed in error). TextImage
SNG ANS 172Cales, Campania. AR Didrachm. 261-240 BC. 22 mm, 7.4 g. Head of Athena right, in Corinthian helmet decorated with a serpent, thunderbolt behind head. / CALENO, Nike in biga galloping left. Sambon 898; Naples Santangelo 650-651; Paris 161; SNG France I 418-419; SNG ANS 172; SNG Oxford 36.TextImage
SNG Cop 301Cales, Campania. c280-268 BC. AR Didrachm. Head of Athena right, in Corinthian helmet decorated with a wing, serpent behind head. / CALENO, Nike in biga galloping left. Sambon 902; BMC 7; Paris 164; SNG France I 422; SNG Cop 301.TextImage
SNG Cop 305Cales, Campania. AR Didrachm. 261-240 BC. 23 mm, 7 g. Head of Athena left, in Corinthian helmet decorated with a serpent, owl behind head. / CALENO, Nike in biga galloping left. Sambon 885; Berlin 3; SNG Cop 305.TextImage
BRONZE
BMC 23Cales, Campania. Ca 265-240 BC. AE 20mm. 7.34 g. Laureate head of Apollo left / CALENO, Man-headed bull standing right, head facing, star of 16 rays above (star below?). BMC 23; SNG ANS 183 var. HN Italy 436.TextImage
HN Italy 436Cales, Campania. AE19. ca 265-240 BC. 2.79 g. Laureate head of Apollo right. / CALENO beneath man-headed bull right, lyre (?) above. HN Italy 436.TextImage
HN Italy 436 (2)Cales, Campania. AE20. ca 265-240 BC. 5.63 g. CALENO, laureate head of Apollo right. / CALENO beneath man-headed bull right, lyre above. HN Italy 436.TextImage
HN Italy 436 (3)Cales, Campania. AE21. ca 265-240 BC. 7.8 g. CALENO, laureate head of Apollo left, star behind head. / CALENO beneath man-headed bull right, star above, A in lower centre. HN Italy 436.TextImage
Molinari 130Cales, Campania. AE21, ca 265-240 BC. 6.72 g. CALENO, laureate head of Apollo left; uncertain symbol (torch or sword) behind head. / CALENO, Man-headed bull standing right, head facing; lyre above, I below. Molinari 130; Graziano 93; type HN Italy 436.TextImage
SNG ANS 175ffCales, Campania. Ca 265-240 BC. AE 18mm. 4.52g. Laureate head of Apollo right / KALENO, Man-headed bull standing right, head facing, lyre above. HN Italy 436; SNG ANS 175ff.TextImage
SNG ANS 184-187Cales, Campania. Ca 265-240 BC. AE 20mm. 6.73g. Laureate head of Apollo left, shield behind head. / CAΛENO, Man-headed bull standing right, head facing, crowned by Nike above. SNG ANS 184-187; Sambon 969; SNG Cop 321.TextImage
SNG ANS 199Cales, Campania. Circa 265-240 BC. AE 18mm. Helmeted head of Athena left / Cock right. Rutter HN 435. TextImage
SNG Cop 313Cales, Campania AE21. After 268 BC. CALENO, head of Apollo left, fly behind / man-headed bull right, lyre above, Q between legs, CALENO in ex. TextImage
SNG Cop 321Cales, Campania. Circa 3rd Century BC. AE 21mm (5.95 gm). Laureate head of Apollo left, shield behind head / Nike crowning man-headed bull; CALEN in exergue. TextImage
SNG Cop 322Cales, Campania, AE18, after 268 BC. 5.93 g. Helmeted head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet. / CALENO, cock standing right, star in upper left field. SNG ANS 188-195; SNG Cop 322-324; HN Italy 435. TextImage
See also: Magna Graecia Coins of Cales
Entry for Cales, Campania on the Digital Historia Numorum
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