CAMPANIA. Allifae. Circa 325-275 BC. Obol (Silver, 10 mm, 0.68 g, 2 h). Laureate head of Apollo to right; in the field to right, dolphin swimming downwards; below neck, two dolphins swimming upwards, one to left and the other to right. Rev. [ΑΛ]ΛΙΒΑΝ[ΟΝ] Skylla swimming to right; holding sepia and fish; below, mussel shell. HN III 460. Rutter Ia. SNG ANS 160 ff. Clear, well-centered and lightly toned. Good very fine.

From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, ex Vinchon 11 April 1988, 96a and from the Hall collection, Ars Classica XV, 2 July 1930, 32.

Allifae (modern Alife near Caserta) was a Samnite city named Alife that was first conquered by the Romans in 326 BC and became the Roman municipium of Allifae during the 3rd quarter of the 3rd century BC. This coin coin was struck when the city was still semi-independent.