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| Issuer | Phokaia |
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| Year | 478 BC - 387 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Facing left, the draped head of a nymph rendered in archaic Greek style, her hair enclosed in a sakkos (cloth cap); a single-pendant earring adorns her ear. Beneath the portrait, a small seal serves as the civic badge of Phokaia, referencing the city's name through a visual pun on the Greek word for seal (phoke). The relief is crisp and finely executed in the naturalistic yet stylized manner characteristic of early Classical electrum coinage from Ionia. |
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| Mint | Phokaia (Ionia) |
| Mintage | ND (478 BC - 387 BC) |
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