bgr_354119 - CAMPANIA - PHISTELIA Obole
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Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Obole
Date: c. 325-275 AC.
Mint name / Town : Campanie, Phistélia
Metal : silver
Diameter : 10 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 0,36 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait masculin. Revers finement détaillé. Jolie patine de médaillier avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de jeune homme de trois-quart de face tournée à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : INSCRIPTION OSQUE FISTLVIS.
Reverse description : Dauphin à droite, grain d’orge et coquillage (moule) surmontant l’inscription.
Historical background
CAMPANIA - PHISTELIA
(4th century BC)
Phistelia is known only through its coinage. The inscriptions are Osque on the epigraph coins. The situation of the site is not yet determined. The city was to be located on the borders of Campania and Samnium. There is a certain homotypy of contiguity with the coinage of Allifae.
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