Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor


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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B100 - EL 1/6 Stater1924 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of female left, wearing sphendone; [small seal below] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, patchy toning.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B102 - EL 1/6 Stater2057 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Laureate head of female left, hair in sakkos; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, fine style and well centered.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B102 - EL 1/6 Stater1463 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.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B102 - EL 1/6 Stater1232 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.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B102 - EL 1/6 Stater581 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 A similar female portrait is to be found on a rare and unpublished Stater of Lampsakos [see CNG Auc. 100 lot 74].
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B106 - EL 1/6 Stater1004 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Female head left, hair rolled and tied at forehead in a "star"; [small seal below] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, a few scuff marks.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B107 - EL 1/6 Stater 1038 views387-326 BC EL Hekte (2.52g). Head of Omphale left, wearing lion skin and carrying club, both stolen from Herakles; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Omphale was a mythological woman who dressed in Hercules' lion's skin.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B107 - EL 1/6 Stater1096 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Head of Omphale left, wearing lion's skin; club over shoulder, small seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B107 - EL 1/6 Stater941 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of Omphale left, wearing lion skin headdress; club behind, [small seal below] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned. Well struck and centered.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B107 - EL 1/6 Stater1072 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.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B107 - EL 1/6 Stater910 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.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B110 - EL 1/6 Stater927 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.6g, 11mm). Head of Nymph left, hair bound / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B110 - EL 1/6 Stater428 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.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B111 - EL 1/6 Stater1109 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent; [small seal below] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B111 - EL 1/6 Stater1288 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.54g). Helmeted head of Athena left wearing crested Corinthian helmet, serpent on helmet; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B111 var - EL 1/6 Stater1118 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.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B111- EL 1/6 Stater1296 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.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B73 - EL 1/6 Stater1266 viewsca 380-360 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.52g). Head of Pan facing left, with goat's horns and hind ears; behind, seal / Four-part incuse square. Unusual head of youthful Pan. Good VF.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B84 - EL 1/6 Stater1394 viewsca 360 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.55g). Head of beardless youth facing left, wearing Persian headdress (Attis?); behind, seal (the head of which is visible) / Four-part incuse square. A few obverse hairlines, otherwise choice EF.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B86 - EL 1/6 Stater3647 viewsca 380-360 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.54g). Bearded head facing left, wearing Persian headdress; behind, seal swimming / Four-part incuse square. Of exceptional quality and struck in high relief. Choice EF.

Bodenstedt interpreted the head as a portrait of the Persian satrap Tissaphernes. While Tissaphernes was a bad candidate - he was executed in 395 BC (while the coin was issued some decades later) - it is not yet clear whether the head is meant to be a portrait altogether. J.H. Kroll called the 'satrapal portraits' "generic rather than individualized representations" (The Emergence of Ruler Portrait, in: Schultz/von den Hoff (eds), Early Hellenistic Portraiture (Cambridge 2007), p. 114), and C. Harrison has convincingly shown that many of the so-called 'satrapal portraits' are meant to represent the heroized Persians who raised Darius I to the Persian throne (Numismatic Problems in the Achaemenid West, in: Gorman/Robinson (eds), Oikistes. Studies Offered in Honor of A.J. Graham (Leiden 2002), pp. 301-319). Harrison's theory does not apply in this case, since the head gear does not have that famous knot at the forehead. So it may well be that one of the satraps of the 370s and 360s is intended, perhaps Autophradates, then satrap of Lydia and the fiercest opponent of the satrap of Paphlagonia Datames during the satraps' revolt 368-358 BC.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B88 - EL 1/6 Stater1408 viewsca 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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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B98 - EL 1/6 Stater1058 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Head of Aphrodite left, hair in chignon; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, well centered. Very rare, only seven specimens cited by Bodenstedt, all but one in museum collections.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B99 - EL 1/6 Stater808 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of Artemis left, bow and quiver over shoulder; [seal below] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B99 - EL 1/6 Stater736 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.
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Phokaia (BC 387-326) B99 - EL 1/6 Stater802 viewsca 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.4g, 11mm). Head of Artemis left, seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B- - EL 1/6 Stater3686 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g), struck ca 410 BC. Head of bearded Persian satrap (Pharnabazos) left, wearing a Persian tiara bound with an elaborate diadem; behind, seal swimming downwards / Quadripartite incuse square. Unique and apparently unpublished. aEF.

This coin bears what is surely a portrait of the famous Persian satrap Pharnabazos, who was active in Hellespont during the last years of the 5th century. He based himself in the city of Daskyleion, which had been a possession of his family since the 470s. His family was related to the Achaemenid royal house. The portrait is surely Pharnabazos since it is exactly the same as on named silver staters issued ca 410 probably in Kyzikos but possibly in Ionia (as BMC, Ionia, p. 352, 12, Kraay/Hirmer 618 and SNG von Aulock 1216). It is fascinating that his portrait should appear on a hekte from Phokaia - the fact that it was hitherto unknown implies that it was originally issued in very small numbers, perhaps as a donative of some kind.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B- - EL 1/6 Stater1176 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.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B- - EL 1/6 Stater721 viewsca 450-400 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 11mm). Laureate head of Zeus left / Irregular quadripartite incuse square punch. Extremely Rare.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B- - EL 1/6 Stater748 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.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B- - EL 1/6 Stater370 viewsca mid-late 5th century BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.54g). Helmeted and laureate head of Athena left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF. Extremely rare.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B- - EL 1/6 Stater368 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.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B40 - EL 1/6 Stater2830 viewsca 480-450 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.56g). Forepart of cock facing left; in upper right field, seal swimming left / Incuse square with rough surface. Truly exceptional image. EF.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B45 - EL 1/6 Stater1552 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.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B51 - EL 1/6 Stater1988 viewsca 480-440 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.58g). Head of a he-goat facing left, the truncation adorned by a row of dots; beneath, seal swimming left / Four-part incuse square. EF.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B53 - EL 1/6 Stater1060 viewsca 450 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.56g). Head of a lion (or lioness) facing; to left, seal swimming downwards / 'Window' incuse. Choice EF.

The obverse image is borrowed from the coinage of the Bruttian city Rhegion.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B53 - EL 1/6 Stater1098 viewsca 450 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.51g). Head of a lion (or lioness) facing; to left, seal swimming downwards / Four-part incuse square. EF.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B55 - EL 1/6 Stater 2193 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 10mm). Cicada, seal above / Quatripartite incuse square. EF.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B57 - EL 1/6 Stater1913 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).
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B58 - EL 1/6 Stater 1036 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Forepart of bull left; small seal above / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, pale electrum. Ex Triton VI (1/2002), lot 367.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B58 - EL 1/6 Stater1156 viewsca 480-440 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.57g). Forepart of a cow running left; above, [seal] / Four-part incuse square. Good VF.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B59 - EL 1/6 Stater950 viewsca 480-450 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.57g). Ram standing right, turning head backwards and scraping his nose; beneath, seal swimming left / Four-part incuse square. Quite rare. Exceptionally interesting presentation of the subject. VF.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B59 - EL 1/6 Stater628 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.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B60 - EL 1/6 Stater957 viewsca 430-350 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.53g). Chalkidian helmet to left, with seal symbol swimming left on helmet / Four-part incuse square. Extremely rare type. The example in Bodenstedt is not better than this. VF.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B62 - EL 1/6 Stater1484 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (11mm, 2.54g). Head of nymph left, hair in sphendone; seal to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Superb EF. The second known from these dies, and the finest. Ex Tkalec Auc. 2005 (5/2005), lot 79.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B62- EL 1/6 Stater1007 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Female head left, hair in sphendone; behind, seal downward / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B63 - EL 1/6 Stater1016 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Head of young male left, wearing taenia; seal behind / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, light porosity.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B63 - EL 1/6 Stater898 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Head of young male left, wearing tainia; [small seal behind] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, spot of encrustation in field on obverse. Very rare, only seven specimens recorded by Bodenstedt, all from one obverse die.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B63 - EL 1/6 Stater819 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.54g). Head of young male left, wearing tainia; seal behind / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, obverse die a bit rusty. Rare, only seven specimens cited by Bodenstedt.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B64 - EL 1/6 Stater995 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.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B66 - EL 1/6 Stater1354 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.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B66 - EL 1/6 Stater490 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.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B67 - EL 1/6 Stater1565 viewsca 470-450 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.52g). Head of Silenos facing, wearing ivy-wreath; at left, seal swimming upwards / Four-part incuse square. EF.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B69 - EL 1/6 Stater921 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Head of bearded male left, wearing Pilos (Hephaistos or Kabeiros) / Quatripartite incuse square. aEF.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B70 - EL 1/6 Stater575 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).”
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B74 - EL 1/6 Stater224 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.”
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B77 - EL 1/6 Stater 703 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Head of Pan left; [seal to right] / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Rare.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B77 - EL 1/6 Stater 567 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Head of young male left, with unruly hair; [small seal behind] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, dark iridescent toning on obverse. Extremely rare, only three specimens recorded by Bodenstedt.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B79 - EL 1/6 Stater437 viewsca 478­-387 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.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B80 - EL 1/6 Stater1334 viewsca 450-430 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.53g). Head of Herakles facing left, wearing lion-skin headdress; beneath truncation, [seal swimming left] / Four-part incuse square. Obverse struck in high relief. Good VF.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B82 - EL 1/6 Stater1084 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g). Head of Hermes left, wearing Petasos; seal to right / Quatripartite incuse square. aEF.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B82 - EL 1/6 Stater847 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Head of Hermes left, wearing Petasos; small seal behind / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Well centered.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B82 - EL 1/6 Stater901 viewsca 400-360 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.53g). Head of Hermes facing left, wearing petasos; behind, seal swimming downwards / Four-part incuse square. Good VF.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B82 - EL 1/6 Stater425 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g, 11mm). Head of Hermes left, wearing petasos; seal behind / Quadripartite incuse square. EF.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B85 - EL Hekte354 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.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B87 - EL 1/6 Stater739 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g). Head of satyr left, wearing ivy wreath; [small seal below] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, toned. Well struck.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B87 - EL 1/6 Stater547 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.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B88 - EL 1/6 Stater341 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.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B90 - EL 1/6 Stater972 views477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Female head left, hair in sakkos / Quadripartite incuse square. Very fine.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B90 - EL 1/6 Stater980 views477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Female head left, hair in sakkos, seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B90 - EL 1/6 Stater1289 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Head of nymph left; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. EF.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B91 - EL 1/6 Stater 1095 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Helmeted head of Athena right; small seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B91 - EL 1/6 Stater907 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.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B92 - EL 1/6 Stater946 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.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B93 - EL 1/6 Stater824 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Female head left, hair in sphendone, wearing earring / Quadripartite incuse square, irregular fields. EF. Rare.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B94 - EL 1/6 Stater715 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of nymph left; [small seal behind] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, patchy toning.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B94 - EL 1/6 Stater964 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.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B96 - EL 1/6 Stater 792 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g). Head of Io left; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B96 - EL 1/6 Stater624 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Head of Io left; [below, small seal left] / Incuse square punch. Good VF. Well centered.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B96 - EL 1/6 Stater666 viewsca 477-388 BC. EL Hekte (9mm, 2.56g). Head of Io left / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF.
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Phokaia (BC 477-388) B96 - EL 1/6 Stater656 viewsca 478-387 BC. EL Hekte (9mm, 2.54g). Head of Io left; [below, small seal left] / Incuse square punch. Good VF.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B13 - EL 1/6 Stater1364 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.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B14 - EL 1/6 Stater957 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.66g). Head of boar with beaded truncation left; seal below / Irregular incuse square. Very rare. EF.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B15 - EL 1/24 Stater 1070 viewsafter 550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.64g, 7mm). Head right, wearing Corinthian helmet; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. aEF. Very rare.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B15 - EL 1/24 Stater660 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.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B15 - EL 1/24 Stater320 viewsca 625/0-522 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (5mm, 0.66g). Helmeted head right; below, small seal right / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B22 - EL 1/6 Stater1711 viewsca 520-480 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.58g). Griffin head facing left; seal behind / Incuse square with rough surface. EF.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B23 - EL 1/6 Stater2990 viewsca 520-500 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.55g). Female head facing left, wearing diadem, earring and necklace with lion-head pendant; behind, seal swimming downwards / Four-part incuse square. Utterly magnificent archaic female head. An exceptional work of Greek archaic art. Mint State.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B24 - EL 1/6 Stater2436 viewsca 625/0­-522 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.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B24 - EL 1/6 Stater853 viewsca 560-545 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g, 10mm). Head of African left, seal downward behind / Quadripartite incuse square punch. nEF. Extremely Rare.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B26 - EL 1/6 Stater775 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.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B27 - EL 1/6 Stater1459 viewsca 600-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.60g, 10mm). Lion left, seal above / Quadripartite incuse square. EF.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B29 - EL 1/6 Stater1165 viewsca 520-500 BC. EL Hekte (2.59g). Three seals swimming in a circle to L around a central pellet / Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely attractive and well struck. Good EF.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B29 - EL 1/6 Stater1528 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.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B30 - EL 1/6 Stater 1288 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g, 12h). Crested Corinthian helmet left, ornamented with a floral scroll; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, well centered.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B30 - EL 1/6 Stater1139 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Helmeted head left; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B30 - EL 1/6 Stater446 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.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B30 - EL 1/6 Stater397 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.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B30 - EL 1/6 Stater313 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.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B30a - EL 1/6 Stater761 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 12mm). Helmeted head left; below, small seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. EF.
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Phokaia (BC 521-478) B30a - EL 1/6 Stater290 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (11mm, 2.56g). Helmeted head left; below, small seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF.
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