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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Italy| > GS86685
Phistelia, Campania, Italy, c. 325 - 275 B.C.
|Italy|, |Phistelia,| |Campania,| |Italy,| |c.| |325| |-| |275| |B.C.|, The Samnites were early Rome's most formidable rivals. The Samnite Wars extended over half a century, involving almost all the states of Italy. By 290 B.C., after decades of hard fought battles the Romans broke the Samnites' power. They rose up again and allied with Pyrrhus during the Pyrrhic War. After Pyrrhus was defeated Samnium submitted to Rome but rose up again and joined Hannibal during the Second Punic War. The Samnites were the last tribal group holding out against Rome in the Social War. Sulla conducted an ethnic cleansing campaign against this most stubborn and persistent of Rome's adversaries and by 82 B.C. forced the remnant to disperse. So great was the destruction that it was recorded that "the towns of Samnium have become villages, and most have vanished altogether." Phistelia was apparently among those that vanished. At present it is known only by its coins.
GS86685. Silver obol, SNG ANS 584; SNG BnF 1134; Rutter pg. 180, Group IV; HN Italy 619, VF, toned, small flan crack, lightly etched surfaces, Phistelia mint, weight 0.611g, maximum diameter 10.5mm, die axis 180o, c. 325 - 275 B.C.; obverse female head facing slightly left; reverse lion left, snake left with one coil in exergue; from the Jyrki Muona Collection, ex CNG e-auction 148 (20 Sep 2006), lot 93; ex David Herman Collection; ex CNG Sale XXXI (9-10 Sep 1994), lot 21; SOLD




  







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