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PHLIASIA, Phlious. AR obol.
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400-350 BC
11 mm, 0.82 gm
Obv: forepart of butting bull left
Rev: large Φ surrounded by four pellets
Ref: SNG Copenhagen 8-9
Triskeles Sale 9; Oct 2013
ex BCD Collection, not in previous BCD sales
From a small round paper insert included with the coin, handwritten:
PELOPONNESUS, PHLIUS.
0.84 gm
From Sotheby's
26-27 May 1976,
lot 88, bought for
£55 + 10% VAT
The original Sotheby's catalog clipping for the lot was also conveyed.
Phlious (alt. Phlius) was in Peloponnesus, less than 10k from Nemea. Renowned for their wine, and at least one vineyard shows a similar coin on its label today: http://www.nemeanwines.gr/media/k2/items/cache/9caa2793658f3cc387f216157300b1ce_S.jpg
Some history of Phlious from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854):
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0064:id=phlius-geo
I wonder when the graffitist added the P... Is it a Latin P or a Greek Rho?
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![PHLIASIA, Phlious. AR obol.
400-350 BC
11 mm, 0.82 gm
Obv: forepart of butting bull left
Rev: large Φ surrounded by four pellets
Ref: SNG Copenhagen 8-9
[i]Triskeles Sale 9; Oct 2013
ex BCD Collection, not in previous BCD sales[/i]
[b]From a small round paper insert included with the coin, handwritten:[/b]
PELOPONNESUS, PHLIUS.
0.84 gm
From Sotheby's
26-27 May 1976,
lot 88, bought for
£55 + 10% VAT
The original Sotheby's catalog clipping for the lot was also conveyed.
Phlious (alt. Phlius) was in Peloponnesus, less than 10k from Nemea. Renowned for their wine, and at least one vineyard shows a similar coin on its label today: http://www.nemeanwines.gr/media/k2/items/cache/9caa2793658f3cc387f216157300b1ce_S.jpg
Some history of Phlious from [i]Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854)[/i]:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0064:id=phlius-geo
I wonder when the graffitist added the P... Is it a Latin P or a Greek Rho?](albums/userpics/36050/normal_PhliasiaPhliousObolEdMed.jpg "Click to view full size image
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PHLIASIA, Phlious. AR obol.
400-350 BC
11 mm, 0.82 gm
Obv: forepart of butting bull left
Rev: large Φ surrounded by four pellets
Ref: SNG Copenhagen 8-9
[i]Triskeles Sale 9; Oct 2013
ex BCD Collection, not in previous BCD sales[/i]
[b]From a small round paper insert included with the coin, handwritten:[/b]
PELOPONNESUS, PHLIUS.
0.84 gm
From Sotheby's
26-27 May 1976,
lot 88, bought for
£55 + 10% VAT
The original Sotheby's catalog clipping for the lot was also conveyed.
Phlious (alt. Phlius) was in Peloponnesus, less than 10k from Nemea. Renowned for their wine, and at least one vineyard shows a similar coin on its label today: http://www.nemeanwines.gr/media/k2/items/cache/9caa2793658f3cc387f216157300b1ce_S.jpg
Some history of Phlious from [i]Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854)[/i]:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0064:id=phlius-geo
I wonder when the graffitist added the P... Is it a Latin P or a Greek Rho?")
