Originally settled by Greek colonists from Rhodes, the settlement it was taken over by Cumaeans shortly after its founding, and later the Chalcidian and Athenian settlers. After the Athenians took control, they renamed it Neapolis. However, Greek domination was not to last and local Samnites invaded in 390 BC. That being said, the city retained its Greek flavor and roughly 90 years later they struck this coin. The obverse is quite reminiscent of other Magna Grecia designs. The nymphs head, also sometimes attributed as the siren Parthenope, appears in a similar fashion to those on coins engraved by city states such as Himera, Syracuse, or Entella. On the reverse, the Greek god Achelöos, represented by a man headed bull, is actively being crowned by a winged Nike.