Obol

Features

Issuer	Allifae (Campania)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	325 BC - 275 BC
Value	Obol (⅙)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Srebro
Weight	0.68 g
Diameter	10 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 385281
References	HN Italy# 460 Neville Keith Rutter, Andrew Burnett; 2001. Historia numorum: Italy. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. , SambonArt# 820-822 Arthur Sambon; 1903. Les monnaies antiques de l’Italie. Bureaux du "Musée", Paris, France. , SNG ANS 1# 160-164 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. , CNAI# 2 Alberto Campana. Corpus nummorum antiquae Italiae (zecche minori) (2 volumes). , GCV# 285 David R. Sear. Greek Coins and Their Values. B.A. Seaby, London, United Kingdom (2 volumes). , SNG Lloyd# 49–50 Peter Bagwell Purefoy, Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume II - The Lloyd Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (4 volumes). , HGC 1# 357 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. , SNG France# 392-397 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum France (8 volumes). , SNG Delepierre# 110-111 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. , de Luynes# 56 Jean Babelon, Louis Ciani (ed.), Jules Florange (ed.). Catalogue de la collection de Luynes - monnaies grecques. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France (4 volumes).

Obverse

(en) Laureate head of Apollo right, three dolphins around.

Reverse

(en) Skylla swimming right, holding sepia and fish; mussel shell below.

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΑΛΛΙΒΑΝΟΝ

Mint

Allifae, Campania, modern-day Alife, Campania, Italy

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (325 BC - 275 BC)							$ 1200

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Examples of the type

SNG France 392; SNG Delepierre 110; Sambon 820

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SNG France 393; SNG Delepierre 111

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SNG France 394

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SNG France 395; de Luynes 56

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Numismatica Ars Classica February Sale 2026 Lot 3	28 Feb 2026	VF	USD 945.20 (CHF 750.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex NAC sale C, 1993, 1065
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 154 Lot 1006	19 May 2025	VF	USD 5671.19 (CHF 4500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Dorotheum sale 16 November 2016, 15; from E.J. Haeberlin collection
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Nomos AG Auction 29 Lot 556	5 Nov 2023	VF	USD 1071.23 (CHF 850.00) (+ buyer's premium)
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, ex Vinchon 11 April 1988, 96b
© Nomos AG
	Nomos AG Auction 26 Lot 14	21 May 2023	VF	USD 11 972.52 (CHF 9500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, ex Vinchon 11 April 1988, 96a; Ars Classica XV, 2 July 1930, 32
© Nomos AG
	CNG Triton XXV Lot 3	11 Jan 2022	VF	USD 3250.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Bertolami Fine Arts Auction 87 Lot 7	14 Dec 2020	VF	USD 1138.90 (GBP 850.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Bertolami Fine Arts
	Bertolami Fine Arts Auction 16 Lot 5	17 Jun 2015	VF	USD 694.32 (EUR 600.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Bertolami Fine Arts
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 59 Lot 1529	4 Apr 2011	VF	USD 1134.24 (CHF 900.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction O Lot 1011	13 May 2004	VF	USD 1134.24 (CHF 900.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 73 Lot 29	14 Sep 2019	F	USD 810.63 (GBP 605.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Bertolami Fine Arts