Obole with globule

The Salyes (also written Salluvii) were a Celto-Ligurian confederation occupying the coastal hinterland north of Massalia, and their small silver fractions were struck in direct imitation of Massalian coinage — the dominant currency of the western Mediterranean littoral. Rome crushed the confederation decisively in 123–122 BC under Gaius Sextius Calvinus, founding Aquae Sextiae on Salyan territory. Whether issues of this type predate or postdate that subjugation remains debated, but coinage continued under Roman supervision well into the following century.