Phokaia (BC 387-326) B88 - EL 1/6 Stater

ca 360-340 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.54g). Head of Hera facing left, wearing a polos adorned with palmettes; behind, seal swimming upwards / Four-part incuse square. It is very unusual to find a head of Hera on an electrum coin. Good VF.

The obverse image is borrowed from Argive models (cf. BM Peloponnesus pl. 27, 9).

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City/Mint name:	Phokaia EL
Keywords:	electrum / classical
References:	Bodenstedt 88 (a/Î±); SNG von Aulock 7952 (same dies)
Valuation:	Gemini Auc. VI (1/2010), lot 193 ($3,800 + comm)
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