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Didrachm
| Issuer | Phistelia |
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| Year | 405 BC - 400 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Three-quarter facing head of a local nymph, turned slightly to the right, rendered in high relief with finely detailed wavy hair radiating outward from the face and cascading loosely around the neck. The facial features are rendered in the severe style transitional to early Classical, with almond-shaped eyes, a straight nose, and slightly parted lips. The field is plain and unlettered, the design filling the flan with commanding presence. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Phistelia was a small Oscan community in Campania whose coinage remains poorly understood — the attribution itself has shifted repeatedly in modern scholarship, with some authorities previously assigning these issues to nearby Hyria. The didrachm series was struck during a narrow window when Campanian communities briefly produced their own silver, likely tied to mercenary activity in Sicily under Dionysius I of Syracuse, who recruited heavily from the region in precisely this period.