bgr_766769 - CAMPANIA - PHISTELIA Obole
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Type : Obole
Date: c. 350-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Phistélia, Campanie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 10 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 0,48 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Superbe lion au revers, finement détaillé. Joli portrait. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de nymphe de trois-quart de face tournée à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Lion passant à gauche, levant l'antérieur droit ; ligne d'exergue bouletée et serpent ; au-dessus, un astre à huit rais.
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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