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| Emittent | Phokaia |
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| Jahr | 521 BC - 478 BC |
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| Durchmesser | 10 mm |
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| Reversbeschreibung | A quadripartite incuse punch of irregular form divided into four sunken compartments by raised ridges meeting near the center, the result of the hammered striking technique typical of early electrum coinage. The surface of each compartment is rough and uneven, reflecting the archaic die-work. No figurative design or legend is present; the reverse serves purely as a functional counter-die impression. |
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| Prägestätte | Phokaia |
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Phokaia was among the most sophisticated minting cities of the Aegean coast, and its electrum hektes circulated well beyond local markets — Phokaian coins have been recovered from hoards across the eastern Mediterranean and as far west as the sites of Phokaian colonial settlements in Gaul and Iberia. The city's electrum was alloyed to a remarkably consistent standard, which earned it unusual trust in long-distance trade networks at a time when most electrum coinage was viewed with suspicion due to variable natural gold-silver ratios.
Bodenstedt 40 places this type within the later phase of the pre-Persian-suppression series, before Phokaian civic minting was disrupted following the Ionian Revolt.