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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2547242, member: 56859&quot;]I acquired this nice Phokis triobol in the last CNG auction.&nbsp; The type had languished on my buy list for a while and this one fit my requirements nicely.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]546814[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>PHOKIS, Federal Coinage</b></p><p>c. 357-354 BCE, under strategos Philomelos</p><p>AR triobol, 15 mm, 2.76 gm, 12 h</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; facing head of bull</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; laureate head of Apollo right; branch to left; φ below, Ω right</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Williams – (O–/R193 [unlisted obv. die]); BCD Lokris 463.2 (this coin); HGC 4, 1046</p><p><i>From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind, ex BCD Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 55, 8 October 2010), lot 463.2</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>I primarily liked this type of coin for its simplicity.&nbsp; Unsurprisingly, there is some interesting history with the coin as well.&nbsp; Strategos (Greek General) Philomelos had many successes including the taking of Delphi.&nbsp; With treasures plundered from the Oracle temple he recruited additional mercenaries and with the help of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth had additional successful battles against Locrians and Thessalians, eventually suffering defeat by Boeotians.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure most of you could do a better military summary but that isn&#039;t my main interest in coins so feel free to read up on the battles on your own dime <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>Location of Phokis:&nbsp; north of the Peloponnesus, above the Gulf of Corinth; <a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/view-all-greek-by-map" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/view-all-greek-by-map" rel="nofollow">marker 63 on this map</a></p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sure many of you have coins of Phokis-- time to trot them out!&nbsp; Feel free to flesh out the history (so I can steal your summaries for my website <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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