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Phokis. Nikaia. Obol, 420 - 400 BC. AR 0.90 g., 7'.

Currency:CHF Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - World Start Price:240.00 CHF Estimated At:300.00 - 0.00 CHF
Phokis. Nikaia. Obol, 420 - 400 BC. AR 0.90 g., 7'.
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The Coinage of Nikaia. Phokis. Federal coinage. Obol, 420 - 400 BC. AR 0.90 g., 7¢. A bull’s head in profile to l. in a border of dots, the truncation is beaded and markedly concave. The ear and the horn are both vertical and the hide shown in wrinkles. Rev. Boar forepart to r. in incuse square, both legs showing, in field above r., N I. Williams - (O.196 / R.-). Williams pre 272. From the same obverse die as lots 448, 449.1 and 451.2 below. Unique and highly important, the only known inscribed coin of Nikaia. The obverse off-centre and from a rusty die, some scattered surface roughness, otherwise very fine.