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Phokis. Triobol, 500 - 490 BC. AR 3.18 g., 1'.

Currency:CHF Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - World Start Price:320.00 CHF Estimated At:400.00 - 0.00 CHF
Phokis. Triobol, 500 - 490 BC. AR 3.18 g., 1'.
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Phokis. Federal coinage. Triobol, 500 - 490 BC. AR 3.18 g., 1¢. Frontal head of a bull (bukranion), the hair depicted in vertical lines and extending to a regular fringe. The ears are parallel to the forehead and the horns extend upwards at a slight angle from the ears. The eyes are wrinkled. Rev. Larger head of Artemis r., hair in krobylos, all in incuse square, [FO]KI (the K reversed) in the four corners starting from top l., clockwise. Williams 5 (O.4 / R.5). Slightly off-centre but excellent metal and nicely toned; a striking archaic profile known from only one more coin, SNG Fitzwilliam 2832. Good very fine. Acquired from Spink’s, April 1997, for £ 325.