Hekte

Phokaia was among the most commercially aggressive of the Ionian Greek cities, and its electrum hektai circulated far beyond the Aegean — Phokaian coins have been recovered in hoards from the Black Sea coast to the western Mediterranean, carried by the same merchant networks that made the city a founding force behind Massalia (modern Marseille). The city's coinage continued even after the Persian conquest of Ionia around 546 BC, a remarkable concession that reflects Phokaia's ongoing commercial usefulness to Achaemenid-controlled trade routes.

The terminal date of this type aligns with the aftermath of the Ionian Revolt, when Persian administrative pressure substantially disrupted local minting across the region.