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Coin ID #9218

Phokaia (BC 477-388) B- - EL 1/6 Stater

ca 440-400 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g, 10mm). Head of Athena left, crested Attic helmet adorned with laurel branch / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. Unpublished and possibly unique.

Unrecorded by Bodenstedt. The helmeted head of Athena was a popular coin type in Phokaian coinage in electrum, silver and bronze. This novum has a distinctive laurel wreathed helmet, the crest of which has a split segment exactly as seen on the silver staters and distaters of Thurium, dated to c. 440-400, cf. ACGC 728-730 and HN Italy 1757-1775.

File information
Filename:563333.jpg
City/Mint name:Phokaia EL
Keywords:electrum / classical
References:Bodenstedt -
Valuation:Roma Auc. 3 (3/2012), lot 213 (GBP 3,200 ($5,116) + comm)
Photo courtesy of:Roma Numismatics Limited - www.romanumismatics.com
Filesize:120 KiB
Date added:Jul 03, 2012
Dimensions:1000 x 554 pixels
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