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Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor


Most viewed - Phokaia EL
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B02 - EL 1/6 Stater6839 viewsca 625-550 BC. EL Hekte (2.60g). Head of seal left; small seal to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF. Rare.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B- - EL 1/6 Stater3572 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g), struck ca 410 BC. Head of bearded Persian satrap (Pharnabazos) left, wearing a Persian tiara bound with an elaborate diadem; behind, seal swimming downwards / Quadripartite incuse square. Unique and apparently unpublished. aEF.

This coin bears what is surely a portrait of the famous Persian satrap Pharnabazos, who was active in Hellespont during the last years of the 5th century. He based himself in the city of Daskyleion, which had been a possession of his family since the 470s. His family was related to the Achaemenid royal house. The portrait is surely Pharnabazos since it is exactly the same as on named silver staters issued ca 410 probably in Kyzikos but possibly in Ionia (as BMC, Ionia, p. 352, 12, Kraay/Hirmer 618 and SNG von Aulock 1216). It is fascinating that his portrait should appear on a hekte from Phokaia - the fact that it was hitherto unknown implies that it was originally issued in very small numbers, perhaps as a donative of some kind.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B86 - EL 1/6 Stater3553 viewsca 380-360 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.54g). Bearded head facing left, wearing Persian headdress; behind, seal swimming / Four-part incuse square. Of exceptional quality and struck in high relief. Choice EF.

Bodenstedt interpreted the head as a portrait of the Persian satrap Tissaphernes. While Tissaphernes was a bad candidate - he was executed in 395 BC (while the coin was issued some decades later) - it is not yet clear whether the head is meant to be a portrait altogether. J.H. Kroll called the 'satrapal portraits' "generic rather than individualized representations" (The Emergence of Ruler Portrait, in: Schultz/von den Hoff (eds), Early Hellenistic Portraiture (Cambridge 2007), p. 114), and C. Harrison has convincingly shown that many of the so-called 'satrapal portraits' are meant to represent the heroized Persians who raised Darius I to the Persian throne (Numismatic Problems in the Achaemenid West, in: Gorman/Robinson (eds), Oikistes. Studies Offered in Honor of A.J. Graham (Leiden 2002), pp. 301-319). Harrison's theory does not apply in this case, since the head gear does not have that famous knot at the forehead. So it may well be that one of the satraps of the 370s and 360s is intended, perhaps Autophradates, then satrap of Lydia and the fiercest opponent of the satrap of Paphlagonia Datames during the satraps' revolt 368-358 BC.
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Phokaia (BC 625-575) EL Stater3374 viewsca 625-575 BC. EL Stater (16.35g). Seal swimming left, octopus clamped in its mouth, three square objects around / Two rough incuse squares set side-by-side, one smaller than the other. Apparently unpublished and unique, but Near VF.

This coin, one of six known staters of Phokaia, represents a new variety of type, in addition to a seal and two griffin head types recorded by Bodenstedt. It is certainly the most playful, with its depiction of a seal munching on a hapless cephalopod.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B23 - EL 1/6 Stater2907 viewsca 520-500 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.55g). Female head facing left, wearing diadem, earring and necklace with lion-head pendant; behind, seal swimming downwards / Four-part incuse square. Utterly magnificent archaic female head. An exceptional work of Greek archaic art. Mint State.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B40 - EL 1/6 Stater2730 viewsca 480-450 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.56g). Forepart of cock facing left; in upper right field, seal swimming left / Incuse square with rough surface. Truly exceptional image. EF.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B12 - EL 1/6 Stater2527 viewsca 625-622 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Head of griffin left, seal behind / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Rare.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B24 - EL 1/6 Stater2322 viewsca 625/0­-522 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.58g). Head of African left; behind, seal downward / Rough incuse square. EF. Extremely rare, apparently the fourth known; only one example cited by Bodenstedt (in Karlsruhe), and two in CoinArchives.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B12 - EL 1/24 Stater2262 viewsca 625/20-520. EL 1/24 Stater (0.63g). Head of griffin with open jaws left; behind, seal swimming upwards / Rough incuse square. EF.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B55 - EL 1/6 Stater 2109 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 10mm). Cicada, seal above / Quatripartite incuse square. EF.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B102 - EL 1/6 Stater1986 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Laureate head of female left, hair in sakkos; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, fine style and well centered.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) EL 1/6 Stater1983 viewsca 525 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g). Head of eagle to left with frontal eye and hooked beak; dotted neck truncation; below, seal swimming to left / Irregular incuse square. Unpublished. Of great rarity, the finest of the 3 examples known. Good EF.

This exceptional piece, which was unknown to Bodenstedt, should date to the late 6th century (Bodenstedt’s dates are generally thought to be somewhat high). For a similar but slightly later eagle head, see the later issues of Cypriot Paphos (as ACGC 1088 and Traité II, 1278 ff.) but these are somewhat more fussily done and lack the piercing look of this eagle. The only eagle heads that can compare with this one in power were those engraved over a century later by the artist Da... and his followers at Olympia.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B51 - EL 1/6 Stater1931 viewsca 480-440 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.58g). Head of a he-goat facing left, the truncation adorned by a row of dots; beneath, seal swimming left / Four-part incuse square. EF.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B100 - EL 1/6 Stater1887 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of female left, wearing sphendone; [small seal below] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, patchy toning.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B57 - EL 1/6 Stater1847 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Stag crouching left; above, small seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF, underlying luster. Extremely rare, only one example listed by Bodenstedt (in Munich).
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B31 - EL 1/6 Stater1730 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g, 12h). Female head left, wearing helmet or close fitting cap; seal to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Superb EF. Very rare, only four specimens cited by Bodenstedt.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B22 - EL 1/6 Stater1655 viewsca 520-480 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.58g). Griffin head facing left; seal behind / Incuse square with rough surface. EF.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B67 - EL 1/6 Stater1512 viewsca 470-450 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.52g). Head of Silenos facing, wearing ivy-wreath; at left, seal swimming upwards / Four-part incuse square. EF.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) EL 1/6 Stater 1507 viewsca 600-560 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.60g). Female head facing left, the hair interwoven by a (invisible) taenia, wearing earring; behind, seal swimming downwards / Irregular incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Several contact marks on cheek, otherwise good EF.

This coin surely belongs to the earliest issues of Phokaia. The early stage is proven by both the irregular form of the incuse (without a clear quadripartite structure) and the style of the obverse image. The nearest stylistic parallel might be a stater of Aeginetic weight, once attributed to Knidos (cf. Cahn, Knidos p. 75 pl. 19, 1 with earlier literature).
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B42 - EL 1/6 Stater1502 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.7g, 10mm). Forepart of griffin left; to right, seal downward / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF. Rare type.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B33 - EL 1/6 Stater1492 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g). Archaic head of Artemis(?) left, wearing stephane and circular earring; small seal behind / Rough quadripartite incuse square. EF, a few scuffs. Ex von Aulock Collection, 7942.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B45 - EL 1/6 Stater1488 viewsca 480-450 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.59g, 11mm). Two confronted boars' heads; above, seal swimming left / Four-part incuse square. EF. Very rare.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B29 - EL 1/6 Stater1473 viewsca 520-500 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Three seals swimming in circle to left around a central pellet within dotted circle / Quadripartite incuse square. EF.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B62 - EL 1/6 Stater1435 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (11mm, 2.54g). Head of nymph left, hair in sphendone; seal to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Superb EF. The second known from these dies, and the finest. Ex Tkalec Auc. 2005 (5/2005), lot 79.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B08 - EL 1/24 Stater1424 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.65g). Head of ram left; seal swimming left below / Incuse square. Exceptionally well-centered for such a small coin. EF.

Strangely enough, the minor fractions of this issue are not recorded by Bodenstedt, including Boston 1897 and SNG von Aulock 1798.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B27 - EL 1/6 Stater1421 viewsca 600-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.60g, 10mm). Lion left, seal above / Quadripartite incuse square. EF.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B102 - EL 1/6 Stater1415 viewsca 360 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.53g). Female head facing left, wearing laurel wreath, the hair covered by a saccos; beneath truncation, [seal] / Incuse square. Tip of chin off flan, otherwise EF.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B20 - EL 1/48 Stater1408 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.31g, 5mm). Head of ram left, seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Unpublished?
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B43 - EL 1/6 Stater1406 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Facing head of Satyr, [seal to left] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Scarce, only 9 specimens cited by Bodenstedt for this type.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B88 - EL 1/6 Stater1370 viewsca 360-340 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.54g). Head of Hera facing left, wearing a polos adorned with palmettes; behind, seal swimming upwards / Four-part incuse square. It is very unusual to find a head of Hera on an electrum coin. Good VF.

The obverse image is borrowed from Argive models (cf. BM Peloponnesus pl. 27, 9).
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B84 - EL 1/6 Stater1364 viewsca 360 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.55g). Head of beardless youth facing left, wearing Persian headdress (Attis?); behind, seal (the head of which is visible) / Four-part incuse square. A few obverse hairlines, otherwise choice EF.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B31 - EL 1/6 Stater1320 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 12mm). Female head left, wearing helmet or close fitting cap; [seal to right] / Quadripartite incuse square. EF.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B13 - EL 1/6 Stater1318 viewsca 500-480 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g, 10mm). Head of lion with open jaw left, protruding tongue / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. Extremely Rare. aEF.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B66 - EL 1/6 Stater1312 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of King Midas left; seal behind / Rough quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Extremely rare, only five examples cited by Bodenstedt, three of which are in museums.

This issue of Phokaia is the only Greek (non-Imperial) coin to bear the portrait of the famous King Midas of Phrygia.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B80 - EL 1/6 Stater1300 viewsca 450-430 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.53g). Head of Herakles facing left, wearing lion-skin headdress; beneath truncation, [seal swimming left] / Four-part incuse square. Obverse struck in high relief. Good VF.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B30 - EL 1/6 Stater 1254 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g, 12h). Crested Corinthian helmet left, ornamented with a floral scroll; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, well centered.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B90 - EL 1/6 Stater1250 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Head of nymph left; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. EF.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B111- EL 1/6 Stater1245 viewsca 350-330 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.54g). Head of Athena facing left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a serpent on the bowl, and necklace; beneath truncation, seal / Four-part incuse square. Good VF.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B03 - EL 1/6 Stater1245 viewsca 625/20-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Head of roaring lion left; behind, seal swimming down / Quadripartite incuse punch. EF. Rare.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B111 - EL 1/6 Stater1241 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.54g). Helmeted head of Athena left wearing crested Corinthian helmet, serpent on helmet; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B02 - EL 1/24 Stater1240 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.64g). Head of seal left / Incuse punch. Good VF.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B21 - EL 1/6 Stater1236 viewsca 600-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Head of bull left, dotted truncation; seal (fwkh) above the forehead / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, sharp strike and nicely centered.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B73 - EL 1/6 Stater1232 viewsca 380-360 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.52g). Head of Pan facing left, with goat's horns and hind ears; behind, seal / Four-part incuse square. Unusual head of youthful Pan. Good VF.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL Stater1215 viewsca 625-575 BC. EL Stater (16.47g). Head of griffin right, tongue protruding from open jaws, knob on forehead and two tendrils curling over neck / Rough incuse square. Good VF, obverse die slightly worn. The second specimen known, from a different pair of dies.

Attributed to Phokaia based on style, fabric, and metrology, as well as the fact that it uses a griffin head as a coin type on silver trihemiobols of the late 6th century BC.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL 1/24 Stater1196 viewsca 625/20-520. EL 1/24 Stater (0.63g). Head of griffin right with open jaws / Quadripartite incuse square. Very rare, well centered, bold and attractive. EF.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B102 - EL 1/6 Stater1188 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Laureate female head left, hair in sakkos; below, inverted seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Well centered.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B49 - EL 1/6 Stater1165 viewsearly 5th century BC. EL Hekte (11mm, 2.56g). Head and neck of bridled horse left; [seal in left field] / Quadripartite incuse punch. EF.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) EL 1/6 Stater 1155 viewsca 525 BC. EL Hekte (2.59g). Head of eagle left with frontal eye and hooked beak; dotted neck truncation; below, seal swimming left / Irregular incuse square. Unpublished, except for Nomos I (2009), 105. Extremely rare, one of perhaps two or three known examples. EF.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL 1/6 1155 viewsca 500-480 BC. EL Hekte (2.60g, 10mm). Seal swimming left, Θ below / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. Extremely Rare. Unpublished, and possibly only the second known example. gVF.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B- - EL 1/6 Stater1141 viewsca 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.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B58 - EL 1/6 Stater1132 viewsca 480-440 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.57g). Forepart of a cow running left; above, [seal] / Four-part incuse square. Good VF.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B29 - EL 1/6 Stater1119 viewsca 520-500 BC. EL Hekte (2.59g). Three seals swimming in a circle to L around a central pellet / Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely attractive and well struck. Good EF.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) EL 1/6 Stater 1101 viewsca 6th century BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.56g). Seal between two fish swimming in different directions; pellet behind / Rough incuse square. Exceptionally rare. VF.

This puzzling issue was earlier attributed to both Cyzicus and Macedonia. However, due to weakly struck examples, the seal between the fish has never been recognized before ("an oval object between two pellets" and the like). The weight standard is clearly Phocaean and not Milesian, so unlikely to have been used in Northern Greece.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B30 - EL 1/6 Stater1098 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Helmeted head left; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B111 var - EL 1/6 Stater1080 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.53g). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with seal / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished with seal on helmet. Good VF, light mark on cheek. Apparently unique.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B111 - EL 1/6 Stater1068 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent; [small seal below] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B53 - EL 1/6 Stater1065 viewsca 450 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.51g). Head of a lion (or lioness) facing; to left, seal swimming downwards / Four-part incuse square. EF.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B107 - EL 1/6 Stater1062 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Head of Omphale left, wearing lion's skin; club over shoulder, small seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B02 - EL 1/24 Stater1062 viewsca 625-575 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.63g). Head of griffin left / Irregular incuse square punch. Good VF. Well centered. Ex Jonathan P. Rosen Collection (Muenzen und Medaillen 72, 10/1987), lot 95; Numismatic Fine Arts IV (2/1979), lot 283.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B09 - EL 1/6 Stater1061 viewsca 600-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Forepart of bull right, head reverted; small seal above / Rough quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B91 - EL 1/6 Stater 1060 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Helmeted head of Athena right; small seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B19 - EL 1/6 Stater1058 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.61g, 11mm). Goat running left, seal above / Incuse punch with 3 fields. aEF. Very rare.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B82 - EL 1/6 Stater1053 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g). Head of Hermes left, wearing Petasos; seal to right / Quatripartite incuse square. aEF.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B12 - EL 1/24 Stater1038 viewsca 625/20-522 BC. EL 1/24 stater (0.63g). Griffin's head left; seal to right / Bipartite incuse square. Good VF.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B15 - EL 1/24 Stater 1037 viewsafter 550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.64g, 7mm). Head right, wearing Corinthian helmet; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. aEF. Very rare.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B53 - EL 1/6 Stater1034 viewsca 450 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.56g). Head of a lion (or lioness) facing; to left, seal swimming downwards / 'Window' incuse. Choice EF.

The obverse image is borrowed from the coinage of the Bruttian city Rhegion.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B107 - EL 1/6 Stater1032 viewsca 390-370 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.53g). Head of the Lydian queen Omphale facing left, wearing Herakles' lion-skin, shouldering his club; beneath truncation, seal swimming left / Four-part incuse square. EF.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B98 - EL 1/6 Stater1026 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Head of Aphrodite left, hair in chignon; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, well centered. Very rare, only seven specimens cited by Bodenstedt, all but one in museum collections.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B06 - EL 1/6 Stater1023 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.56g). Helmeted head left; to right, seal upward / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF. Extremely rare issue, the fifth known.

There are four emissions in Bodenstedt with this type, emissions 6, 15, 30, and 50. The latter three share common characteristics: there is a crest on the helmet, the bowl is adorned with some ornament, the eye is better formed (rather than a dot), and the seal is below the helmet. None of these characteristics are found on the first emission of this type, which features a helmet without crest, no ornamentation on the bowl, an eye formed of a large dot, and the seal placed to the right of the helmet. Additionally, the incuse on the reverse is also distinctly different from the later emissions.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B58 - EL 1/6 Stater 1013 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Forepart of bull left; small seal above / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, pale electrum. Ex Triton VI (1/2002), lot 367.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B107 - EL 1/6 Stater 1012 views387-326 BC EL Hekte (2.52g). Head of Omphale left, wearing lion skin and carrying club, both stolen from Herakles; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Omphale was a mythological woman who dressed in Hercules' lion's skin.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL Stater1006 viewsabout 580 BC. EL Stater (16.50g). Head of griffin right, tongue protruding from open jaws, knob on forehead / Four-part incuse square. Of the greatest rarity, probably the 3rd specimen known. gVF.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B35 - EL 1/6 Stater999 viewsca 510-490 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.57g). Head of a man-headed bull (river god) facing left, the truncation adorned with a row of dots; at right, seal swimming upwards / Four-part incuse square. EF.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL 1/6 Stater989 viewsca 600-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Seal (fwkh) swimming along to left, looking back over its shoulder; annulet below / Rough quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Extremely rare; the only coin in Bodenstedt's corpus illustrated with a line drawing! Bodenstedt identifies the device below the seal as a theta, but there is no evidence it is a letter.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B63 - EL 1/6 Stater983 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Head of young male left, wearing taenia; seal behind / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, light porosity.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B09 - EL 1/6 Stater981 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.59g). Forepart of bull right, head left; above, small seal left / Incuse square punch. Near EF, lightly toned. Very rare, only seven examples noted by Bodenstedt.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B38 - EL 1/6 Stater979 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Head of a roaring lion left; seal to right / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Very rare, only four specimens cited by Bodenstedt, all in museum collections.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B62- EL 1/6 Stater971 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Female head left, hair in sphendone; behind, seal downward / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B106 - EL 1/6 Stater970 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Female head left, hair rolled and tied at forehead in a "star"; [small seal below] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, a few scuff marks.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B44 - EL 1/6 Stater957 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.59g). Head of Ares left, wearing Attic helmet / Incuse with 6? divisions. VF. Rare. Ex Rosen coll. 593 and Lanz Auk. 52 (1990), lot 213.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) EL 1/6 Stater955 viewsca 500 BC. EL Hekte (2.59g, 10mm). Panther’s head facing, small seal to right above / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. Extremely rare - the second recorded example. EF.

The small seal above the head was off the flan in Copenhagen, missed by Münzen und Medaillen and the type was not known to Bodenstedt.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B64 - EL 1/6 Stater953 viewsca 450-400 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 10mm). Head of Attis in Phrygian cap left / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. Extremely Rare. EF.

Attis was of Phrygian origin and thus he is always represented in a Phrygian costume such as he wears here. He was the Phrygian god of vegetation and consort of the mother-goddess Cybele.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B90 - EL 1/6 Stater941 views477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Female head left, hair in sakkos, seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B90 - EL 1/6 Stater935 views477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Female head left, hair in sakkos / Quadripartite incuse square. Very fine.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B60 - EL 1/6 Stater927 viewsca 430-350 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.53g). Chalkidian helmet to left, with seal symbol swimming left on helmet / Four-part incuse square. Extremely rare type. The example in Bodenstedt is not better than this. VF.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL 1/24 Stater927 viewsca 625/00 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.62g, 7mm). Head of griffin right / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF. Well centered. Very rare.

This issue is possibly from the earliest coinage at Teos; see: M. Matzke, JNG 50, p. 43, "Serie 0"
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B59 - EL 1/6 Stater922 viewsca 480-450 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.57g). Ram standing right, turning head backwards and scraping his nose; beneath, seal swimming left / Four-part incuse square. Quite rare. Exceptionally interesting presentation of the subject. VF.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B14 - EL 1/6 Stater918 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.66g). Head of boar with beaded truncation left; seal below / Irregular incuse square. Very rare. EF.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B39 - EL 1/6 Stater916 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.49g). Forepart of a winged griffin left, seal (fokh) behind / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Very rare, only 3 specimens cited by Bodenstedt.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B35 - EL 1/6 916 viewsca 480 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g, 10mm). Forepart of man-headed bull left, collar with row of pearls; behind, seal swimming upward / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. Very Rare. EF. A pleasing example of this type.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B107 - EL 1/6 Stater912 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of Omphale left, wearing lion skin headdress; club behind, [small seal below] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned. Well struck and centered.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B92 - EL 1/6 Stater912 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Female head left, hair in sakkos, wearing single-pendant earring; seal behind / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF. Rare, only 12 specimens recorded by Bodenstedt.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B49? - EL 1/6 Stater910 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (11mm, 2.60g). Protome of bridled horse left; seal behind / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, light scratches.

The two dies illustrated for issue 49 show a horsehead only, with no legs visible, and the seal below the horse rather than behind it.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B35 - EL 1/6 Stater909 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Bearded head left; seal to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare.
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL 1/6 Stater907 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.60g). Forepart of seal right; behind, small seal right; circle below / Incuse punch. EF. Unique.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B94 - EL 1/6 Stater900 viewsca 400-380 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.55g). Female head facing left, wearing hair-net and earring; behind, seal swimming downwards / Four-part incuse square. Extremely beautiful femle head. EF.

The female head appears to imitate the Syracusan decadrachms of the engraver Kimon, but without slavishly copying his work.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B69 - EL 1/6 Stater895 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Head of bearded male left, wearing Pilos (Hephaistos or Kabeiros) / Quatripartite incuse square. aEF.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B110 - EL 1/6 Stater885 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.6g, 11mm). Head of Nymph left, hair bound / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B82 - EL 1/6 Stater879 viewsca 400-360 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.53g). Head of Hermes facing left, wearing petasos; behind, seal swimming downwards / Four-part incuse square. Good VF.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B107 - EL 1/6 Stater869 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.52g). Head of Omphale left, wearing lion's skin; club behind neck; below, seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF, toned.
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