Circa 350 BCE
AR Obol .57g, 9mm
Laureate head of Apollo right
Ram standing right NEA-N, all within an incuse square
SNG Cop 446
A question that I may never receive an answer for is: why is there a ram on Neandria’s coinage? Indeed, it’s coinage is common and during this period most had rams.
Neandria was a fairly well-to-do city in the 4th century BCE. It had a highly defensible position, though there are no explicit records of it being besieged. The obverse with Apollo is likely due to a temple to Apollo whose foundations still exist today.
circa 400-300 BCE
Æ 11mm, 0,95g
Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right.
Rev: NEAN. Grain ear; grape bunch to right.
SNG Arikantürk 692-704; SNG Ashmolean 1175
After Alexander the Great’s death, Antigonos Monophtalmos founded the city of Antigonia Troad roughly 9km away, and this city was renamed to Alexandria Troad after his death. It is believed that the inhabitants of Neandria were forced to move to Antigonos’ new city and the previous site of Neandria was abandoned.
350 – 310 BCE
AE 17mm 3.94g
Laureate head of Apollo right /
NEAN; horse grazing right; in exergue, corn grain.
SNG von Aulock 1528
Alexandria Troas founded by Antigonos I Monophthalmos from the cities of Neandria, Skepsis, Hamaxitos, Kolone, Kebren, and Achilleion.