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Phokis. Obol, 449 - 447 BC. AR 0.95 g., 8'.

Currency:CHF Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - World Start Price:240.00 CHF Estimated At:300.00 - 0.00 CHF
Phokis. Obol, 449 - 447 BC. AR 0.95 g., 8'.
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Phokis. Federal coinage. Obol, 449 - 447 BC. AR 0.95 g., 8¢. Frontal bull’s head, the hair shown in straight lines, O and O to l. and r. Rev. Boar forepart to r. in incuse square showing both legs. Williams - (O.161 / R.133). Williams pre 231. This die combination not recorded by Williams although both dies are known. It is interesting to observe that the obverse die of this coin is without any die flaws whatsoever and this means it was first used with R.133. This just an example of the “complex die linkage” of this group of obols, noted by Williams on p. 33 of the corpus. Not perfectly centred but a very sharply struck and well-preserved coin. Extremely fine.