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Phokis. Triobol, 478 - 460 BC. AR 3.01 g., 3'.

Currency:CHF Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - World Start Price:800.00 CHF Estimated At:1,000.00 - 0.00 CHF
Phokis. Triobol, 478 - 460 BC. AR 3.01 g., 3'.
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Phokis. Federal coinage. Triobol, 478 - 460 BC. AR 3.01 g., 3¢. Frontal bull’s head, the hair in vertical but wavy lines. Rev. Finely styled head of Artemis l. in incuse square, F-O-K-I in the corners, starting from top l., anticlockwise, the last two letters sideways, the K further up from the bottom r. corner. Williams 149 corr. (this coin) (O.104 / R.90 = R.89). [The advantage of having this coin in the hand and not having to rely on a pre-WWII auction catalogue photograph of its cast, has enabled this writer to ascertain that Williams R.90 = Williams R.89. The K on this coin is sideways and not reversed as indicated in the corpus. However, when the die started breaking up on the edges it was probably retouched in order to stop the various flaws from extending further.] A coin with nice surfaces and pleasantly toned. In spite of the peripheral die breaks on the reverse, an attractive and well struck portrait of Artemis. Good very fine. Ex Spink 25, 24 November 1982, 69 (£ 500); Naville - Ars Classica XVII, 3 Oct. 1934, 453.