Obol

Features

Issuer	Phistelia (Campania)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	325 BC - 275 BC
Value	Obol (⅙)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Srebro
Weight	0.6 g
Diameter	9 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 185822
References	HN Italy# 619 Neville Keith Rutter, Andrew Burnett; 2001. Historia numorum: Italy. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. , SNG Lloyd# 89 Peter Bagwell Purefoy, Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume II - The Lloyd Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (4 volumes). , SNG ANS 1# 584-590 Joan E. Fischer; 1969. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Collection of the American Numismatic Society / Part 1. Etruria-Calabria. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States. , SNG Copenhagen# 577-578 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , SambonArt# 844-847 Arthur Sambon; 1903. Les monnaies antiques de l’Italie. Bureaux du "Musée", Paris, France. , SNG France# 1134-1145 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum France (8 volumes). , CNAI# 13 Alberto Campana. Corpus nummorum antiquae Italiae (zecche minori) (2 volumes). , HGC 1# 505 Oliver D. Hoover; 2018. Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia / Volume 1: Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. , Wheaton# 4 J. David Bishop, Robert Ross Holloway; 1981. Wheaton College Collection of Greek and Roman Coins. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States. , SNG Delepierre# 178-181 Hélène Nicolet-Pierre, Georges Le Rider; 1983. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, France / Volume 1. Bibliothèque nationale de France: Collection Jean et Marie Delepierre. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France.

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Obverse

(en) Head of a nymph facing, turned slightly to left

Reverse

(en) Lion prowling usually to left; above, sometimes, star; serpent in exergue.

Mint

Phistelia, Campania, Italy

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (325 BC - 275 BC)							$ 100	$ 420

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Examples of the type

Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum France 6.1. Italie, Étrurie-Calabre 1138; Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. France 1. Collection Jean et Marie Delepierre 178

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Münzen & Medaillen GmbH Auction 51 Lot 10	4 Dec 2024	XF	USD 418.44 (EUR 360.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Münzen & Medaillen GmbH
	Bertolami Fine Arts Auction 309 Lot 111	26 Sep 2024	XF	USD 162.73 (EUR 140.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Bertolami Fine Arts
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: CNG Electronic Auction 530 Lot 18	4 Jan 2023	XF	USD 225.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Electronic Auction 500 Lot 9	22 Sep 2021	XF	USD 250.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Elsen 72 (14 December 2002), lot 73
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Triton XXV Lot 5001	11 Jan 2022	XF	USD 450.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 46 (24 June 1998), lot 30
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 123 Lot 29	9 May 2021	XF	USD 1204.24 (CHF 950.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Glendining's 21 June 1972, 17; Morton & Eden 51, 2011, 3
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 84 Lot 553	20 May 2015	XF	USD 823.96 (CHF 650.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 354 Lot 106	18 Nov 2025	VF	USD 87.18 (EUR 75.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Bertolami Fine Arts
	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 155 Lot 22	3 Aug 2025	VF	USD 110.42 (EUR 95.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Naumann GmbH
	Numismatica Ars Classica Summer Sale 2025 Lot 84	30 Jul 2025	VF	USD 126.76 (CHF 100.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex NAC sale 59, 2011, 1536
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG