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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Ionia| > |Phokaia| > SH87220
Phokaia, Ionia, 625 - 522 B.C.
|Phokaia|, |Phokaia,| |Ionia,| |625| |-| |522| |B.C.|, Phocaea, or Phokaia, was the northernmost Ionian city, on the boundary with Aeolis. The Phocaeans were the first Greeks to make long sea-voyages, developed a thriving seafaring economy, became a great naval power, and founded the colonies Massalia (Marseille, France), Emporion (Empúries, Spain) and Elea (Velia, Italy). They remained independent until all of mainland Ionia fell to Croesus of Lydia (c. 560-545 B.C.). In 546 B.C., Lydia was conquered by Cyrus the Great of Persia. After the Greeks defeated Xerxes I, Phocaea joined the Delian League, but later rebelled with the rest of Ionia. In 387 B.C., Phocaea returned to Persian control. After Alexander, it fell under Seleucid, then Attalid, and finally Roman rule.
SH87220. Electrum 1/24 stater, Bodenstedt Em 2.2; BMC Ionia p. 204, 9; Weber 6066; Pozzi 2494; Rosen 334; Traité I 131; SNG Cop -, Choice EF, well centered and struck, among the nicest of the type known to Forum, edge cracks, Phokaia mint, weight 0.633g, maximum diameter 6.1mm, 625 - 522 B.C.; obverse head of seal left; reverse quadripartite incuse square; ex Savoca Numismatik, auction 4 (30 Aug 2015), lot 290; SOLD











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