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Phokis, Greece

Phocis was mainly pastoral. The coinage of Phocis began at a very early period. Like the archaic money of Arcadia it is distinctly federal in character. The twenty-two confederate Phocian towns held their periodical synedrion (assembly) in a building called Phokikon, near Daulis, and here, perhaps, rather than at any one of the Phocian towns, the federal mint may have been established. Money would be issued at this mint only on the occasions of the meetings of the synedrion, when it may be supposed that a concourse of people from all parts of the Phocian territory was gathered together, and that a fair or market was held for the exchange and purchase of commodities, as at Delphi during the Pythian festivals. The Phocians were unpopular with other Greeks. In 480 B.C., a Phokian force of 1,000 volunteer shepherd boys was assigned to the heights at Thermopylae. They took one look at the advancing Persians and fled leaving open the back trail, which allowed the Persians to destroy Leonidas and the Spartans. The following year the Phokians actually joined the Persian side, the losing side, in the Battle of Plataea.Central Greece

Faustina Sr., Augusta 25 February 138 - Early 141, Wife of Antoninus Pius, Delphi, Phocis

|Faustina| |Sr.|, |Faustina| |Sr.,| |Augusta| |25| |February| |138| |-| |Early| |141,| |Wife| |of| |Antoninus| |Pius,| |Delphi,| |Phocis||AE| |24|
SH54320. Bronze AE 24, Svoronos Delphi 89 - 92, SNG Cop 160, RPC Online 4602, F, weight 7.811 g, maximum diameter 23.7 mm, die axis 180o, Phokis, Delphi mint, obverse ΘEA ΦAVCTEINA, draped bust right, hair elaborately waived and banded, drawn up at the back and piled in a round coil at top; reverse ΠYΘIA, agonistic table with laurel wreath, apples, vase, and crow, small items in lower railing; SOLD


Phokis, Greece, Federal Coinage, Magistrate Philomelos, c. 357 - 354 B.C.

|Phokis|, |Phokis,| |Greece,| |Federal| |Coinage,| |Magistrate| |Philomelos,| |c.| |357| |-| |354| |B.C.||triobol|
Phocis was mainly pastoral. The twenty-two confederate Phocian towns held their periodic synedrion (assembly) in a building called Phokikon, near Daulis, and here, perhaps, rather than at any one of the Phocian towns, the federal mint may have been established. Money would be issued at this mint only on the occasions of the meetings of the synedrion, when it may be supposed that a concourse of people from all parts of the Phocian territory was gathered together, and that a fair or market was held for the exchange and purchase of commodities, as at Delphi during the Pythian festivals. The bull's head likely commemorates the sacrifice of a prize bull for the community on one of these occasions. Part was burned for the god, but eating the meat was a mandatory religious duty.
SH68665. Silver triobol, BCD Lokris 280.3, SNG Cop 120, VF, fine classical style, toned, lightly etched surfaces, weight 2.632 g, maximum diameter 15.4 mm, die axis 135o, Phokis mint, c. 357 - 354 B.C.; obverse bull head facing; reverse laureate head of Apollo right, branch behind, Φ - Ω below; scarce; SOLD


Phokis, Greece, Federal Coinage, c. 440 - 420 B.C.

|Phokis|, |Phokis,| |Greece,| |Federal| |Coinage,| |c.| |440| |-| |420| |B.C.||triobol|
Phocis was mainly pastoral. The twenty-two confederate Phocian towns held their periodic synedrion (assembly) in a building called Phokikon, near Daulis, and here, perhaps, rather than at any one of the Phocian towns, the federal mint may have been established. Money would be issued at this mint only on the occasions of the meetings of the synedrion, when it may be supposed that a concourse of people from all parts of the Phocian territory was gathered together, and that a fair or market was held for the exchange and purchase of commodities, as at Delphi during the Pythian festivals. The bull's head likely commemorates the sacrifice of a prize bull for the community on one of these occasions. Part was burned for the god, but eating the meat was a mandatory religious duty.
SH27165. Silver triobol, cf. BCD Locris 257 ff., SNG Cop 99 ff., HGC 4 1043 (R2), aVF, weight 3.032 g, maximum diameter 13.6 mm, die axis 270o, Phokis mint, obverse bull head facing; reverse ΦOKI, head of Artemis right, all within incuse square; scarce; SOLD


Phokis, Greece, Federal Coinage, c. 478 - 460 B.C.

|Phokis|, |Phokis,| |Greece,| |Federal| |Coinage,| |c.| |478| |-| |460| |B.C.||obol|
The Phocians were unpopular with other Greeks. In 480 B.C., a Phokian force of 1,000 volunteer shepherd boys was assigned to the heights at Thermopylae. They took one look at the advancing Persians and fled leaving open the back trail, which allowed the Persians to destroy Leonidas and the Spartans. The following year the Phokians actually joined the Persian side, the losing side, in the Battle of Plataea.
GA68399. Silver obol, BCD Lokris 205 (same dies, dies not in Williams Phokians), gVF, toned, obverse off-center, weight 0.925 g, maximum diameter 10.8 mm, die axis 90o, Phokis mint, c. 478 - 460 B.C.; obverse Φ-O, facing bull head; reverse Φ-O, forepart of boar right, showing both legs, right foreleg bent; SOLD


Phokis, Greece, Federal Coinage, c. 457 - 446 B.C.

|Phokis|, |Phokis,| |Greece,| |Federal| |Coinage,| |c.| |457| |-| |446| |B.C.||triobol|
Phocis was mainly pastoral. The twenty-two confederate Phocian towns held their periodic synedrion (assembly) in a building called Phokikon, near Daulis, and here, perhaps, rather than at any one of the Phocian towns, the federal mint may have been established. Money would be issued at this mint only on the occasions of the meetings of the synedrion, when it may be supposed that a concourse of people from all parts of the Phocian territory was gathered together, and that a fair or market was held for the exchange and purchase of commodities, as at Delphi during the Pythian festivals. The bull's head likely commemorates the sacrifice of a prize bull for the community on one of these occasions. Part was burned for the god, but eating the meat was a mandatory religious duty.
GS77475. Silver triobol, Williams Phokians 194 ff., BCD Lokris 235.1, SNG Cop 99 - 100, VF, obverse die crack, light marks, weight 2.890 g, maximum diameter 13.4 mm, die axis 90o, Delphi mint, c. 418 B.C.; obverse bull head facing; reverse head of Artemis right, ΦOKI in the corners starting upper right, the K reversed, the I sideways, all within incuse square; scarce; SOLD


Phokis, Greece, Federal Coinage, c. 449 - 447 B.C.

|Phokis|, |Phokis,| |Greece,| |Federal| |Coinage,| |c.| |449| |-| |447| |B.C.||obol|
Phocis was mainly pastoral. The twenty-two confederate Phocian towns held their periodic synedrion (assembly) in a building called Phokikon, near Daulis, and here, perhaps, rather than at any one of the Phocian towns, the federal mint may have been established. Money would be issued at this mint only on the occasions of the meetings of the synedrion, when it may be supposed that a concourse of people from all parts of the Phocian territory was gathered together, and that a fair or market was held for the exchange and purchase of commodities, as at Delphi during the Pythian festivals. The bull's head likely commemorates the sacrifice of a prize bull for the community on one of these occasions. Part was burned for the god, but eating the meat was a mandatory religious duty.
GA68398. Silver obol, cf. BCD Lokris 246, Williams Phokians 227, SNG Cop 104 ff., SNG Lockett 1713, VF, nice style, high relief bull head, weight 0.839 g, maximum diameter 9.4 mm, die axis 315mo, Phokikon mint, c. 449 - 447 B.C.; obverse Φ-O, facing bull head, parallel lines for hair; reverse forepart of boar right, stippled hide, both legs showing, right foreleg bent; SOLD


Phokis, Greece, Federal Coinage, c. 357 - 354 B.C.

|Phokis|, |Phokis,| |Greece,| |Federal| |Coinage,| |c.| |357| |-| |354| |B.C.||triobol|
Phocis was mainly pastoral. The twenty-two confederate Phocian towns held their periodic synedrion (assembly) in a building called Phokikon, near Daulis, and here, perhaps, rather than at any one of the Phocian towns, the federal mint may have been established. Money would be issued at this mint only on the occasions of the meetings of the synedrion, when it may be supposed that a concourse of people from all parts of the Phocian territory was gathered together, and that a fair or market was held for the exchange and purchase of commodities, as at Delphi during the Pythian festivals. The bull's head likely commemorates the sacrifice of a prize bull for the community on one of these occasions. Part was burned for the god, but eating the meat was a mandatory religious duty.
GS85332. Silver triobol, BCD Lokris 277 ff., Williams Phokians 302 ff., SNG Cop 120, HGC 4 1046 (R2), aVF, high relief obverse, attractive classical style, toned, etched surfaces, weight 2.422 g, maximum diameter 14.1 mm, die axis 0o, Phokis mint, strategos Philomelos, c. 357 - 354 B.C.; obverse bull head facing; reverse laureate head of Apollo right, branch behind, Φ - Ω below, all within a shallow round incuse; scarce; SOLD


Elateia, Phokis, Greece, 2nd Century B.C.

|Phokis|, |Elateia,| |Phokis,| |Greece,| |2nd| |Century| |B.C.||AE| |18|
An interesting and scarce type.
GB49623. Bronze AE 18, BCD Lokris (NAC 55) 474.8, SNG Cop 165, Weber 3197, aVF, nice patina, weight 5.997 g, maximum diameter 18.6 mm, die axis 45o, Elateia mint, obverse facing bull's head, with the sacrificial fillet ending in beaded tassels, ΕΛ above; reverse Athena helmeted, charging right, spear in right hand, shield in left; ex BCD Collection, ex Numismatic Ars Classica Auction 55, 474.8; scarce; SOLD


Phokis, Greece, Federal Coinage, c. 418 B.C.

|Phokis|, |Phokis,| |Greece,| |Federal| |Coinage,| |c.| |418| |B.C.||triobol|
Phocis was mainly pastoral. The twenty-two confederate Phocian towns held their periodic synedrion (assembly) in a building called Phokikon, near Daulis, and here, perhaps, rather than at any one of the Phocian towns, the federal mint may have been established. Money would be issued at this mint only on the occasions of the meetings of the synedrion, when it may be supposed that a concourse of people from all parts of the Phocian territory was gathered together, and that a fair or market was held for the exchange and purchase of commodities, as at Delphi during the Pythian festivals. The bull's head likely commemorates the sacrifice of a prize bull for the community on one of these occasions. Part was burned for the god, but eating the meat was a mandatory religious duty.
GA90297. Silver triobol, Williams Phokians 259 (O183/R152), BCD Lokris 261, SNG Cop 99 ff., HGC 4 1043 (R2), F, weight 2.621 g, maximum diameter 16.4 mm, die axis 90o, Phokis mint, c. 418 B.C.; obverse bull head facing, fillets hanging from horns; reverse ΦOKI (counterclockwise from upper right), head of Artemis right, all within incuse square; scarce; SOLD


Phokis, Greece, Federal Coinage, c. 460 - 457 B.C.

|Phokis|, |Phokis,| |Greece,| |Federal| |Coinage,| |c.| |460| |-| |457| |B.C.||triobol|
Phocis was mainly pastoral. The twenty-two confederate Phocian towns held their periodic synedrion (assembly) in a building called Phokikon, near Daulis, and here, perhaps, rather than at any one of the Phocian towns, the federal mint may have been established. Money would be issued at this mint only on the occasions of the meetings of the synedrion, when it may be supposed that a concourse of people from all parts of the Phocian territory was gathered together, and that a fair or market was held for the exchange and purchase of commodities, as at Delphi during the Pythian festivals. The bull's head likely commemorates the sacrifice of a prize bull for the community on one of these occasions. Part was burned for the god, but eating the meat was a mandatory religious duty.
GA95328. Silver triobol, Williams 166 (O119/R101); BCD Lokris 229.3 (same obv. die); HGC 4 1036 (R2), gF, toned, light etching, a few marks, minor porosity, weight 2.765 g, maximum diameter 13.5 mm, Phokis mint, c. 460 - 457 B.C.; obverse bull head facing; reverse head of Artemis right, ΦOKI around from bottom left, all within incuse square; ex CNG e-auction 373 (20 Apr 2016), lot 87; from the Byron Schieber Collection; scarce; SOLD




  




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