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Phokis, Greece

Phocis was mainly pastoral. The coinage of Phocis began at a very early period. Like the archaic money of Arcadia it is distinctly federal in character. The twenty-two confederate Phocian towns held their periodical synedrion (assembly) in a building called Phokikon, near Daulis, and here, perhaps, rather than at any one of the Phocian towns, the federal mint may have been established. Money would be issued at this mint only on the occasions of the meetings of the synedrion, when it may be supposed that a concourse of people from all parts of the Phocian territory was gathered together, and that a fair or market was held for the exchange and purchase of commodities, as at Delphi during the Pythian festivals. The Phocians were unpopular with other Greeks. In 480 B.C., a Phokian force of 1,000 volunteer shepherd boys was assigned to the heights at Thermopylae. They took one look at the advancing Persians and fled leaving open the back trail, which allowed the Persians to destroy Leonidas and the Spartans. The following year the Phokians actually joined the Persian side, the losing side, in the Battle of Plataea.Central Greece

Phokis, Greece, Federal Coinage, c. 440 - 420 B.C.

|Phokis|, |Phokis,| |Greece,| |Federal| |Coinage,| |c.| |440| |-| |420| |B.C.||triobol|
Phocis was mainly pastoral. The twenty-two confederate Phocian towns held their periodic synedrion (assembly) in a building called Phokikon, near Daulis, and here, perhaps, rather than at any one of the Phocian towns, the federal mint may have been established. Money would be issued at this mint only on the occasions of the meetings of the synedrion, when it may be supposed that a concourse of people from all parts of the Phocian territory was gathered together, and that a fair or market was held for the exchange and purchase of commodities, as at Delphi during the Pythian festivals. The bull's head likely commemorates the sacrifice of a prize bull for the community on one of these occasions. Part was burned for the god, but eating the meat was a mandatory religious duty.
SH48380. Silver triobol, Williams Phokians 243, SNG Cop 99 ff. var. (legend placement), aVF, weight 2.946 g, maximum diameter 14.3 mm, die axis 150o, Phokis mint, obverse bull head facing; reverse ΦOKI, head of Artemis right, all within incuse square; scarce; SOLD


Phokis, Greece, Federal Coinage, Magistrate Phayllos, 352 - 351 B.C.

|Phokis|, |Phokis,| |Greece,| |Federal| |Coinage,| |Magistrate| |Phayllos,| |352| |-| |351| |B.C.||triobol|
Phocis was mainly pastoral. The twenty-two confederate Phocian towns held their periodic synedrion (assembly) in a building called Phokikon, near Daulis, and here, perhaps, rather than at any one of the Phocian towns, the federal mint may have been established. Money would be issued at this mint only on the occasions of the meetings of the synedrion, when it may be supposed that a concourse of people from all parts of the Phocian territory was gathered together, and that a fair or market was held for the exchange and purchase of commodities, as at Delphi during the Pythian festivals. The bull's head likely commemorates the sacrifice of a prize bull for the community on one of these occasions. Part was burned for the god, but eating the meat was a mandatory religious duty.
SH68678. Silver triobol, Williams Phokians 401 (O.266/R.233); SNG Cop 122 (same dies); BMC Central Greece 21, 78 ff.; BCD Phokis 311, VF, attractive style, toned, weight 2.614 g, maximum diameter 15.4 mm, die axis 0o, Phokis mint, struck under Phayllos, 352 - 351 B.C.; obverse bull head facing; reverse laureate head of Apollo right, lyre behind, Φ - Ω below, all within a round convex field; SOLD


Phokis, Greece, Federal Coinage, Magistrate Philomelos, c. 357 - 354 B.C.

|Phokis|, |Phokis,| |Greece,| |Federal| |Coinage,| |Magistrate| |Philomelos,| |c.| |357| |-| |354| |B.C.||triobol|
Phocis was mainly pastoral. The twenty-two confederate Phocian towns held their periodic synedrion (assembly) in a building called Phokikon, near Daulis, and here, perhaps, rather than at any one of the Phocian towns, the federal mint may have been established. Money would be issued at this mint only on the occasions of the meetings of the synedrion, when it may be supposed that a concourse of people from all parts of the Phocian territory was gathered together, and that a fair or market was held for the exchange and purchase of commodities, as at Delphi during the Pythian festivals. The bull's head is perhaps symbolic of a special sacrifice held on behalf of the whole people, when a prize bull may have may have been the victim.
SH52308. Silver triobol, BCD Lokris 280.3, SNG Cop 120, F, weight 2.406 g, maximum diameter 15.0 mm, die axis 0o, Phokis mint, c. 357 - 354 B.C.; obverse bull head facing; reverse laureate head of Apollo right, branch behind, Φ - Ω below; nice style; scarce; SOLD







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Hoover, O. Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Greece: Achaia Phthiotis...Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris, and Corinthia, Sixth to First Centuries BC. HGC 4. (Lancaster, PA/London, 2014).
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Williams, R.T. Silver Coinage of the Phokians. (London, 1972).

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