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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Ionia| > |Archaic Electrum| > SH86297
Phokaia, Ionia, c. 477 - 387 B.C.
|Archaic| |Electrum|, |Phokaia,| |Ionia,| |c.| |477| |-| |387| |B.C.|, Recent archaeological surveys have shown that the city of Phocaea was large for the archaic period. Herodotus gives an idea of the size of Phocaea by the describing the walls of Phocaea as having a length of several stadia.
SH86297. Electrum Hekte (1/6 Stater), Bodenstedt 89 (a/-), McClean 8253, SNG Kayhan 535, SNG Cop -, SNGvA -, BMC Ionia -, Boston MFA -, VF, attractive style, well centered and struck, light marks, Phokaia (Foca, Turkey) mint, weight 2.550g, maximum diameter 10.2mm, c. 477 - 388 B.C.; obverse head of Dionysos left, wreathed in ivy, small seal (symbol of Phokaia) downward behind; reverse quadripartite incuse square; scarce; SOLD




  






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Bernhart, M. "Dionysos und seine Familie auf griechischen Münzen" in JNG I (1949).


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