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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 1813237, member: 56859&quot;]Picked this up at a recent auction mainly because I liked the simple design and I hadn&#039;t seen the type before.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I&#039;m reading more about it and like virtually all ancient coins, there is quite a bit of interesting history to be learned about this tiny bit of silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]296608[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Phliasia, Phlious</b></p><p>AR obol</p><p>400-350 BC</p><p>11 mm, 0.84 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; forepart of butting bull left</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; large Φ surrounded by four pellets</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; SNG Copenhagen 8-9</p><p><i>Triskeles Sale 9; Oct 2013</i></p><p><i>ex BCD Collection, not in previous BCD sales</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><b>From a small round paper insert included with the coin, handwritten:</b></i></p><p>PELOPONNESUS, PHLIUS.</p><p>0.84 gm</p><p>From Sotheby&#039;s</p><p>26-27 May 1976,</p><p>lot 88, bought for</p><p>£55 + 10% VAT</p><p><i><b>The Sotheby&#039;s catalog clipping for the lot is also in the flip.</b></i></p><p><br /></p><p>Excerpts from <font size="4"><i><b>Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854)</b>:</i></font></p><p><br /></p><p>To read more about its history click <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0064:id=phlius-geo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0064:id=phlius-geo" rel="nofollow">here</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently the Nemean region is still an important producer of Greek wine.</p><p>For more information about the region and its winemaking through history read <a href="http://www.e-legas.co/2012/05/stavroula-kourakou-dragona-nemea.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.e-legas.co/2012/05/stavroula-kourakou-dragona-nemea.html" rel="nofollow">here</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Some currently produced wines from the Cooperative Winery of Nemea use a similar Phliasian coin on the label <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.nemeanwines.gr/media/k2/items/cache/9caa2793658f3cc387f216157300b1ce_S.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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