thenickelguy Posted July 27, 2022 · Member Share Posted July 27, 2022 PHOKIS, Federal Coinage. Late 4th-early 3rd centuries BC. AE about 14.5 mm. Obverse Head of Athena facing slightly to left, wearing (crude) triple-crested Attic helmet. Reverse Φ (Greek letter F) within olive wreath I'm thinking that PHOKIS is also known as Phocis, and in modern Greek - Fokída. Phocis, was an ancient region in the central part of Ancient Greece, which included Delphi. A modern administrative unit, also called Phocis, is named after the ancient region, although the modern region (Fokída) is substantially larger than the ancient one. Phocis was the country of the Phocians, who spoke their own version of Doric Greek, one of the three main dialects of ancient Greek. They were one of several small mountain states of Central Greece. 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted July 27, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted July 27, 2022 (edited) Nice coin. I like these heads of Athena facing slightly left or right. Here is another Phokis, Federal Coinage: Phokaia, Phokis, Federal Coinage AR Triobol, 354-352 BC Obv.: Bull’s head facing Rev.: Head of Apollo, lyre behind, Φ Ω below Ag, 2.61g, 14.3mm Ref.: BCD Lokris-Phokis 310.1, Williams 390, SNG Copenhagen 121-2 Edited July 27, 2022 by shanxi 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted July 27, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 27, 2022 (edited) Sweet, thenickelguy is at it again => congrats on the great new OP-coin Oh, and great thread-addition, shanxi (great coin) I also had a super coin from Phokis ... wanna see it? => abracadabra, Phokis-pocus!! PHOKIS, Federal Coinage. AR Obol Circa 478-460 BC Diameter: 8 mm Weight: 0.81 grams Obverse: Facing head of bull Reverse: Forepart of boar left within incuse square Reference: Williams –; BCD Lokris 208 (this coin); HGC 4, 1062 Other: 7h … toned. Rare Ex-stevex6 … From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind Edited July 27, 2022 by Steve 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted July 28, 2022 · Member Share Posted July 28, 2022 Nice one Nickel Dude! I struggle with these since I want to identify it with a city and not a region. Here's a similar one to yours. Phokis, Federal Coinage. Phokian League Circa 371-357 BC Obv: Head of Athena facing. Rev: Phi within wreath. AE 13mm. Struck under Phalaikos or later 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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