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Obol
| Issuer | Phistelia |
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| Year | 405 BC - 400 BC |
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| Weight | 0.50 g |
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| Reverse description | A lion advancing to the left in a dynamic, rearing posture, its body rendered with compact musculature and a flowing mane. The tail curves upward over the hindquarters. In the exergue below, a serpent is depicted, a device emblematic of the local Italic coinage tradition. The composition fills the irregular flan with vigorous, stylized energy. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Phistelia was a small Oscan settlement in Campania whose coinage output was limited, brief, and poorly documented — the mint's precise location remains debated, with some scholars placing it near modern Mondragone. The obols attributed to this issuer represent some of the smallest silver struck in the region during the late fifth century, produced at a moment when Campanian communities were asserting economic independence through coinage while simultaneously navigating pressure from both Greek colonies to the south and Samnite expansion inland.
HN Italy 619 is sparsely represented in major collections.