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Phokaia (BC 600-560) EL 1/6 Stater - B -827 viewsca 600-560 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 10mm). Head of female left with a narrow hair band, long flowing hair, and an annular earing; behind, seal swimming downwards / Irregular incuse square. EF. Carr coll.
Unknown to Bodenstedt, this is the 5th example to appear at auction. Same dies as Numismatica Ars Classica 92 part 1, 23 May 2016, Lot 216 and ‘Prospero’, The new York Sale XXVI, 4 January 2012, Lot 520. Others known are: Nomos 15, 22 October 2017, Lot 153; CNG 108, 16 May 2018, Lot 196.Dec 20, 2019
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) EL 1/6 Stater555 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.59g, 9mm). Mother seal swimming to left with a young swimming to right below, each with annulet above. / Rough incuse square. Apparently unpublished and unique, a wonderful coin with an incredibly charming obverse. Nearly extremely fine.
The name Phokaia is derived from the Greek word Φωκάι, which translates as 'seals' and is still found, as a Greek loanword, in the modern Latinian languages today (fr. 'phoque', it./span./portug. 'foca'). Unsurprisingly, the lovely animals served as a badge on Phokaia's coins, most commonly in the form of a small seal below or behind a larger main type. The earliest coinage of the city, however, still retains the seal as main type: on the present example, we find one of the most charming renderings of animals in all of Archaic Greek coinage, in the form of a mother seal swimming to the left with her young heading to the right below. The fact that mother and child swim in opposite directions gives the scenery an enchanting playfulness that almost certainly derives from personal observation by the artist - perhaps he was watching the animals romping around the small islands in the bay before Phokaia?Nov 23, 2019
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B74 - EL 1/6 Stater208 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 10mm). Helmeted head of Athena left [below small seal, upwards] / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, usual edge cracks. Carr coll.
Only 2 examples known to Bodenstedt, both in museums (Karlsruhe and Berlin). None recorded in CoinArchives, acsearch records 7 examples. Obverse die match to Bodenstedt “a.â€Jul 03, 2019
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B30 - EL 1/6 Stater276 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (9mm, 2.61g). Helmeted head left; below, small seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned. Adams coll., purchased from HJ Berk, July 2001.Jun 15, 2019
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B30a - EL 1/6 Stater174 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (9mm, 2.55g). Helmeted head left; below, seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF.Jun 15, 2019
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B30 - EL 1/6 Stater348 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (9.5mm, 2.56g). Helmeted head left; below, small seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF, lightly toned.Jun 15, 2019
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B30a - EL 1/6 Stater131 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (10.5mm, 2.63g). Helmeted head left; below, small seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF, lightly toned. Well centered and struck.Jun 15, 2019
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B06 - EL 1/6 Stater164 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (9mm, 2.58 g). Helmeted head left; to right, seal upward / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF, minor die wear on obverse. Extremely rare issue, the third known. N.T. Coll.; ex CNG 57 (4/2001), lot 491 (misattributed as Bodenstedt Em. 30).Jun 15, 2019
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B30a - EL 1/6 Stater254 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (11mm, 2.56g). Helmeted head left; below, small seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF.Jun 15, 2019
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B30 - EL 1/6 Stater404 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.58g). Helmeted head left; below, small seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF. Well centered and struck.Jun 15, 2019
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B24 - EL 1/6 Stater765 viewsca 560-545 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g, 10mm). Head of African left, seal downward behind / Quadripartite incuse square punch. nEF. Extremely Rare.Jun 11, 2019
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B15 - EL 1/24 Stater284 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (5mm, 0.66g). Helmeted head right; below, small seal right / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF.Jun 06, 2019
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B44 - EL 1/6 Stater370 viewsca 521-478 (486) BC. EL Hekte (2.46g, 10.32mm, 3.67mm in profile). Head of bearded Ares left, wearing crested helmet [below, small seal right] / ‘Crisp’ quadripartite incuse square. EF. Carr coll.
Only 7 examples known to Bodenstedt. None recorded in Coin Archives, acsearch records 18 examples. No die match to this coin. On the obverse, unlike most examples, there is no floral motif/decoration on the helmet. As to the reverse, this is the first coin of this emission to have a clear quadripartite incuse square - a very small number of examples have a very rough incuse square with internal divisions either crude or absent. This coin is part of Series 2 of Bodenstedt and he dates this emission to 486 BC.Nov 26, 2018
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B02 - EL 1/6 Stater284 viewsca 625-522 BC. EL Hekte (8mm, 2.51g). Head of seal left, below small seal left / Incuse square punch.Sep 23, 2018
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B43 - EL 1/6 Stater172 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.57g). Facing head of Silenos with wide, open eyes, broad beard and long mustache, seal left / Quadripartite incuse square punch. Typical compact flan. VF. Carr coll.; ex. Laurent F coll. sold through private sale by cgf.fr.
9 examples noted by Bodenstedt, 5 of which are in museums (Cambridge, London, Berlin, Karlsruhe [2]). A further 54 are known, from a variety of different dies. This example a die match only to Leu Auc. 13 (1975), lot 237. Sep 14, 2018
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B- - EL 1/6 Stater343 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (2.5g, 9mm). Head of female left, hair bound in sakkos, forepart of sphinx at crest and ornate headdress (kalathos?); below small seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Carr coll.
Unknown to Bodenstedt, this is the 6th example to appear at auction. May 06, 2018
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B35 - EL 1/6 Stater742 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 10mm). Horned head of river god left, small seal behind and upward / Quadripartite. Good extremely fine. Carr coll.
There are 6 known to Bodenstedt. The theme of a horned head of a river god also makes an appearance on a Hemihekte of Mytilene – see Coin ID #13297.May 05, 2018
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B88 - EL 1/6 Stater324 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of Hera left, wearing kalathos; to right, small seal upward / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Carr coll. Apr 14, 2018
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B33 - EL 1/6 Stater214 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.60g). Head of nymph left, wearing stephane and earring; to right, seal downward / Quadripartite incuse square. aVF. Very rare.Feb 10, 2018
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B59 - EL 1/6 Stater593 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.54g). Ram standing right, scratching head with right hind hoof; below, seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. aEF.Feb 08, 2018
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B19 - EL 1/6 Stater787 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.59g). Goat half-kneeling left; above, small seal left / Incuse square punch. gVF. Very rare.Feb 07, 2018
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B14 - EL 1/6 Stater600 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.63g). Head of boar left; below, small seal left / Incuse square punch. gVF. Rare.Feb 07, 2018
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B10 - EL 1/6 Stater335 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte (14mm, 2.62g). Horned head of cow left; to right, seal upwards / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Ex Lanz 40 (5/1987), lot 274.Feb 07, 2018
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B66 - EL 1/6 Stater463 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.59g). Bearded head of King Midas left, with donkey ear; to right, small seal downward / Quadripartite incuse square. aEF.Feb 06, 2018
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B- - EL 1/6 Stater339 viewsca mid-late 5th century BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.54g). Helmeted and laureate head of Athena left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Extremely rare.
Feb 06, 2018
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B102 - EL 1/6 Stater545 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g, 10mm). Laureate female head (Sappho), hair in sakkos; below, small seal / Quadripartite incuse square. Lightly toned and unusually well centered, gVF. Carr coll.
Bodenstedt notes 36 examples of this emission. Most examples omit the small seal due to the strike not being well centered. The obverse portrait is thought to be that of the female Greek poet Sappho, a native of Lesbos. A similar female portrait is to be found on a rare and unpublished Stater of Lampsakos [see CNG Auc. 100 lot 74].Oct 26, 2017
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B70 - EL 1/6 Stater550 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g, 10mm). Head of young male left, wearing Silenos mask on top of his head; to right, small seal downward / Quadripartite incuse. Toned, nEF. Ex Naughton Coll.; Ex Nomos, Winter-Spring (1/2004), item 28; Carr coll.
The cataloguer notes: “This extraordinary obverse shows a young satyr who has just performed a satyr dance disguised as Silenus, an old satyr. He is clearly not a human dancer since he has an inner ear of his own. We know the dance has finished since he has raised his Silenus mask, which is of a bearded and bald satyr and placed on top of his head. (See SNR 52 pp.44-45 for additional information).â€Dec 06, 2016
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B110 - EL 1/6 Stater401 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 10mm). Head of Nymph facing left wearing taenia and earring; below, seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Carr coll.
Very rare with Bodenstedt noting just 2 examples and only an additional 3 examples appearing in auctions before this sale. Unknown obverse die.Oct 10, 2016
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B- - EL 1/6 Stater711 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g, 9mm). Laureate head of Zeus left, small seal upwards to right / Quadripartite incuse. Toned, gVF. Carr coll.
This is unlisted in Bodenstedt, but cf. Em. 76 describes 2 examples of a similar portrait without laurel wreath. Two other examples are known from auctions – Roma III, lot 209 and Roma XI, lot 321, both same dies.Sep 16, 2016
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B82 - EL 1/6 Stater406 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g, 11mm). Head of Hermes left, wearing petasos; seal behind / Quadripartite incuse square. EF.Sep 12, 2016
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B44 - EL 1/6 Stater529 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 11mm). Helmeted head of Ares left; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Rare.Sep 12, 2016
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B30a - EL 1/6 Stater721 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 12mm). Helmeted head left; below, small seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF.Sep 12, 2016
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B13 - EL 1/24 Stater548 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.66g, 7mm). Head of roaring lion left; to right, small seal upward / Incuse square punch. gVF.Sep 12, 2016
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B13 - EL 1/24 Stater568 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.66g, 6mm). Roaring head of lion left; to right, small seal upward / Incuse square punch. gVF. Extremely rare.Sep 12, 2016
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B85 - EL Hekte339 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 10mm). Laureate head of young Pan left; seal to right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Carr coll.
Bodenstedt notes just 2 examples.Jul 04, 2016
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B79 - EL 1/6 Stater419 viewsca 478Â-387 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.55g). Head of female left; behind neck, small seal downward / Incuse square punch. Good VF, a couple light marks on obverse, die break on reverse. Very rare, only two cited by Bodenstedt.May 23, 2015
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B47 - EL 1/6 Stater432 viewsca 521Â-478 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.54g). Round shield decorated with griffin springing left above seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Well centered. Extremely rare, apparently the third known.May 23, 2015
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B24 - EL 1/6 Stater2341 viewsca 625/0Â-522 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.58g). Head of African left; behind, seal downward / Rough incuse square. EF. Extremely rare, apparently the fourth known; only one example cited by Bodenstedt (in Karlsruhe), and two in CoinArchives.May 23, 2015
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B110 - EL 1/6 Stater895 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.6g, 11mm). Head of Nymph left, hair bound / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Apr 21, 2014
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B99 - EL 1/6 Stater773 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.4g, 11mm). Head of Artemis left, seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Apr 21, 2014
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B42 - EL 1/6 Stater1508 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.7g, 10mm). Forepart of griffin left; to right, seal downward / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF. Rare type.Apr 21, 2014
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B02 - EL 1/24 Stater583 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twenty-Fourth Stater (6mm, 0.65g). Head of seal left / Incuse square punch. EF. Jul 12, 2013
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B09 - EL 1/6 Stater990 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.59g). Forepart of bull right, head left; above, small seal left / Incuse square punch. Near EF, lightly toned. Very rare, only seven examples noted by Bodenstedt. Jul 12, 2013
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B43 - EL 1/6 Stater829 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (9mm, 2.55g). Facing head of Silenos / Quadripartite incuse square punch. Near EF, toned. Very rare, only 9 examples noted by Bodenstedt, 5 of which are in museums (Cambridge, London, Berlin, Karlsruhe [2]). Jul 12, 2013
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B96 - EL 1/6 Stater629 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (9mm, 2.54g). Head of Io left; [below, small seal left] / Incuse square punch. Good VF. Jul 12, 2013
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B107 - EL 1/6 Stater876 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.52g). Head of Omphale left, wearing lion's skin; club behind neck; below, seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF, toned. Jul 12, 2013
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B111 var - EL 1/6 Stater1087 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.53g). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with seal / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished with seal on helmet. Good VF, light mark on cheek. Apparently unique.Jul 02, 2013
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL 1/6 Stater408 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.56g). Seal left, head right; Θ below / Rough incuse square. VF, struck a bit off center. Extremely rare, only one example cited by Bodenstedt (in the Hermitage). Jan 18, 2013
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B02 - EL 1/24 Stater641 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (6mm, 0.58g). Head of seal left / Incuse punch. Near VF. Nov 19, 2012
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B02 - EL 1/24 Stater565 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (6mm, 0.51g). Head of seal left / Incuse punch. Near VF. Nov 19, 2012
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B02 - EL 1/48 Stater595 viewsca 625/00 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (5mm, 0.26g). Head of griffin left / Rough quadripartite incuse square. VF. This issue is possibly from the earliest coinage at Teos; see: M. Matzke, JNG 50, p. 43, "Serie 0." Nov 19, 2012
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B06? - EL 1/96 Stater558 viewsca 625-600 BC. EL 1/96 Stater (4mm, 0.13g). Head of a warrior left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Lee Coll.Sep 06, 2012
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B91 - EL 1/6 Stater880 viewsca 400 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 10mm). Head of Athena left, wearing earring, her crested Attic helmet adorned with a Pegasos on the bowl / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. gVF. Jul 03, 2012
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B87 - EL 1/6 Stater531 viewsca 450-400 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 10mm). Head of young satyr with ivy wreath left, beneath seal swimming / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. Rare. Good Very Fine. Jul 03, 2012
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B64 - EL 1/6 Stater963 viewsca 450-400 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 10mm). Head of Attis in Phrygian cap left / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. Extremely Rare. EF.
Attis was of Phrygian origin and thus he is always represented in a Phrygian costume such as he wears here. He was the Phrygian god of vegetation and consort of the mother-goddess Cybele. Jul 03, 2012
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B- - EL 1/6 Stater702 viewsca 450-400 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 11mm). Laureate head of Zeus left / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. Extremely Rare. Jul 03, 2012
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B- - EL 1/6 Stater1148 viewsca 440-400 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g, 10mm). Head of Athena left, crested Attic helmet adorned with laurel branch / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. Unpublished and possibly unique.
Unrecorded by Bodenstedt. The helmeted head of Athena was a popular coin type in Phokaian coinage in electrum, silver and bronze. This novum has a distinctive laurel wreathed helmet, the crest of which has a split segment exactly as seen on the silver staters and distaters of Thurium, dated to c. 440-400, cf. ACGC 728-730 and HN Italy 1757-1775. Jul 03, 2012
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) EL 1/6 Stater962 viewsca 500 BC. EL Hekte (2.59g, 10mm). Panther’s head facing, small seal to right above / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. Extremely rare - the second recorded example. EF.
The small seal above the head was off the flan in Copenhagen, missed by Münzen und Medaillen and the type was not known to Bodenstedt. Jul 03, 2012
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B26 - EL 1/6 Stater754 viewsca 500-480 BC. EL Hekte (2.59g, 10mm). Head of lioness left, collar ornamented with double row of pearls, [seal swimming in upper field left], border of dots / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. Extremely Rare - the fifth known example. EF. Jul 03, 2012
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B13 - EL 1/6 Stater1328 viewsca 500-480 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g, 10mm). Head of lion with open jaw left, protruding tongue / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. Extremely Rare. aEF. Jul 03, 2012
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL 1/6 1158 viewsca 500-480 BC. EL Hekte (2.60g, 10mm). Seal swimming left, Θ below / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. Extremely Rare. Unpublished, and possibly only the second known example. gVF. Jul 03, 2012
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B35 - EL 1/6 919 viewsca 480 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g, 10mm). Forepart of man-headed bull left, collar with row of pearls; behind, seal swimming upward / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. Very Rare. EF. A pleasing example of this type. Jul 03, 2012
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) EL 1/6 Stater 1162 viewsca 525 BC. EL Hekte (2.59g). Head of eagle left with frontal eye and hooked beak; dotted neck truncation; below, seal swimming left / Irregular incuse square. Unpublished, except for Nomos I (2009), 105. Extremely rare, one of perhaps two or three known examples. EF. Jul 01, 2012
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B12 - EL 1/24 Stater2276 viewsca 625/20-520. EL 1/24 Stater (0.63g). Head of griffin with open jaws left; behind, seal swimming upwards / Rough incuse square. EF.Jul 01, 2012
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL 1/24 Stater1201 viewsca 625/20-520. EL 1/24 Stater (0.63g). Head of griffin right with open jaws / Quadripartite incuse square. Very rare, well centered, bold and attractive. EF.Jul 01, 2012
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B93 - EL 1/6 Stater795 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Female head left, hair in sphendone, wearing earring / Quadripartite incuse square, irregular fields. EF. Rare.Jul 01, 2012
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B12 - EL 1/6 Stater2539 viewsca 625-622 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Head of griffin left, seal behind / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Rare.Jul 01, 2012
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B25 - EL 1/6 Stater819 viewsca 625/620-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Lion's head with closed mouth left; above, seal right(?) / Incuse with three irregular fields. aEF. Rare.Jul 01, 2012
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B03 - EL 1/6 Stater1251 viewsca 625/20-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Head of roaring lion left; behind, seal swimming down / Quadripartite incuse punch. EF. Rare.Jul 01, 2012
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL Stater1010 viewsabout 580 BC. EL Stater (16.50g). Head of griffin right, tongue protruding from open jaws, knob on forehead / Four-part incuse square. Of the greatest rarity, probably the 3rd specimen known. gVF.Jul 01, 2012
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B29 - EL 1/6 Stater1485 viewsca 520-500 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Three seals swimming in circle to left around a central pellet within dotted circle / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Jun 30, 2012
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B14 - EL 1/6 Stater927 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.66g). Head of boar with beaded truncation left; seal below / Irregular incuse square. Very rare. EF. Jun 30, 2012
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B43 - EL 1/6 Stater866 viewsca 492 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g). Facing head of Silenos / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Jun 30, 2012
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B50 - EL 1/6 Stater869 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.61g). Helmeted male head to left, with frontal eye and tendril ornament on bowl of helmet; below, seal swimming left / Rough quadripartite incuse square. Very rare. aEF.
The helmeted head must be that of a hero-warrior. The whole idea of using just a helmeted head with no individuality as a type is quite interesting; that there is a head inside the helmet is clear from the eye that peeks out above the side piece. Jun 30, 2012
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B19 - EL 1/6 Stater1060 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.61g, 11mm). Goat running left, seal above / Incuse punch with 3 fields. aEF. Very rare.Jun 30, 2012
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B49 - EL 1/6 Stater1171 viewsearly 5th century BC. EL Hekte (11mm, 2.56g). Head and neck of bridled horse left; [seal in left field] / Quadripartite incuse punch. EF.Jun 30, 2012
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B46 - EL 1/6 Stater792 viewsearly 5th century BC. EL Hekte (2.58g, 10mm). Two seals swimming in circle to left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Jun 30, 2012
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B45 - EL 1/6 Stater1501 viewsca 480-450 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.59g, 11mm). Two confronted boars' heads; above, seal swimming left / Four-part incuse square. EF. Very rare.Jun 30, 2012
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B99 - EL 1/6 Stater723 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.52g). Head of Artemis left, bow and quiver over shoulder; below, small seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Jun 09, 2012
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B02 - EL 1/24 Stater581 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (6mm, 0.66g). Head of seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Jun 09, 2012
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B06 - EL 1/6 Stater1028 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.56g). Helmeted head left; to right, seal upward / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF. Extremely rare issue, the fifth known.
There are four emissions in Bodenstedt with this type, emissions 6, 15, 30, and 50. The latter three share common characteristics: there is a crest on the helmet, the bowl is adorned with some ornament, the eye is better formed (rather than a dot), and the seal is below the helmet. None of these characteristics are found on the first emission of this type, which features a helmet without crest, no ornamentation on the bowl, an eye formed of a large dot, and the seal placed to the right of the helmet. Additionally, the incuse on the reverse is also distinctly different from the later emissions. Jun 03, 2012
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B02 - EL 1/48 Stater771 viewsca 625-575 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.33g, 4mm). Head of griffin left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Extremely rare, only two examples recorded by Bodenstedt, both in museums (Karlsruhe and Istanbul).
This issue is possibly from the earliest coinage at Teos; see: M. Matzke, JNG 50, p. 43, "Serie 0"Nov 01, 2011
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL 1/24 Stater930 viewsca 625/00 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.62g, 7mm). Head of griffin right / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF. Well centered. Very rare.
This issue is possibly from the earliest coinage at Teos; see: M. Matzke, JNG 50, p. 43, "Serie 0"Nov 01, 2011
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B15 - EL 1/24 Stater633 viewsca 625-522 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.64g, 6mm). Helmeted head right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned, obverse a little off center. Very rare, one of only four examples located by Bodenstedt. Ex Hermann Weber Coll., 5732; purchased from A.O. van Lennep, Smyrna, 1865.Jun 20, 2011
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B02 - EL 1/24 Stater602 viewsca 625-522 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (6mm, 0.66 g). Head of seal left / Incuse punch. VF.
This coin may have been struck from Bodenstedt’s obverse die c used on the 1/12 staters.Jun 20, 2011
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B96 - EL 1/6 Stater654 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (9mm, 2.56g). Head of Io left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Aug 05, 2010
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B96 - EL 1/6 Stater608 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Head of Io left; [below, small seal left] / Incuse square punch. Good VF. Well centered. Aug 05, 2010
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B66 - EL 1/6 Stater1320 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of King Midas left; seal behind / Rough quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Extremely rare, only five examples cited by Bodenstedt, three of which are in museums.
This issue of Phokaia is the only Greek (non-Imperial) coin to bear the portrait of the famous King Midas of Phrygia. Aug 05, 2010
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B102 - EL 1/6 Stater1198 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Laureate female head left, hair in sakkos; below, inverted seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Well centered. Aug 05, 2010
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B62- EL 1/6 Stater977 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Female head left, hair in sphendone; behind, seal downward / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned. Aug 05, 2010
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B92 - EL 1/6 Stater920 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Female head left, hair in sakkos, wearing single-pendant earring; seal behind / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF. Rare, only 12 specimens recorded by Bodenstedt.Aug 05, 2010
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Phokaia (BC 625-575) EL Stater3397 viewsca 625-575 BC. EL Stater (16.35g). Seal swimming left, octopus clamped in its mouth, three square objects around / Two rough incuse squares set side-by-side, one smaller than the other. Apparently unpublished and unique, but Near VF.
This coin, one of six known staters of Phokaia, represents a new variety of type, in addition to a seal and two griffin head types recorded by Bodenstedt. It is certainly the most playful, with its depiction of a seal munching on a hapless cephalopod.Mar 08, 2010
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) EL 1/6 Stater 774 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Forepart of lion left; above, seal right / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished. Good VF. Unique. Ex Tkalec (5/2006), lot 67.Mar 07, 2010
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B57 - EL 1/6 Stater1854 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Stag crouching left; above, small seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF, underlying luster. Extremely rare, only one example listed by Bodenstedt (in Munich).Mar 07, 2010
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL 1/6 Stater910 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.60g). Forepart of seal right; behind, small seal right; circle below / Incuse punch. EF. Unique.Mar 07, 2010
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Phokaia (BC 600-522) EL 1/6 Stater 1513 viewsca 600-560 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.60g). Female head facing left, the hair interwoven by a (invisible) taenia, wearing earring; behind, seal swimming downwards / Irregular incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Several contact marks on cheek, otherwise good EF.
This coin surely belongs to the earliest issues of Phokaia. The early stage is proven by both the irregular form of the incuse (without a clear quadripartite structure) and the style of the obverse image. The nearest stylistic parallel might be a stater of Aeginetic weight, once attributed to Knidos (cf. Cahn, Knidos p. 75 pl. 19, 1 with earlier literature).Jan 23, 2010
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B111- EL 1/6 Stater1258 viewsca 350-330 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.54g). Head of Athena facing left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a serpent on the bowl, and necklace; beneath truncation, seal / Four-part incuse square. Good VF.Jan 23, 2010
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B107 - EL 1/6 Stater1038 viewsca 390-370 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.53g). Head of the Lydian queen Omphale facing left, wearing Herakles' lion-skin, shouldering his club; beneath truncation, seal swimming left / Four-part incuse square. EF.Jan 23, 2010
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B102 - EL 1/6 Stater1426 viewsca 360 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.53g). Female head facing left, wearing laurel wreath, the hair covered by a saccos; beneath truncation, [seal] / Incuse square. Tip of chin off flan, otherwise EF.Jan 23, 2010
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B94 - EL 1/6 Stater921 viewsca 400-380 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.55g). Female head facing left, wearing hair-net and earring; behind, seal swimming downwards / Four-part incuse square. Extremely beautiful femle head. EF.
The female head appears to imitate the Syracusan decadrachms of the engraver Kimon, but without slavishly copying his work. Jan 23, 2010
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