Hemidrachm

Phlious was a small polis in the northeastern Peloponnese whose coinage output was modest and chronologically compressed — most issues attributed to the city cluster tightly in the fifth century before tapering off entirely. The city's political history complicated its numismatic record: Phlious spent much of the classical period oscillating between Spartan loyalty and democratic faction, suffering two Spartan-enforced sieges before settling into Lacedaemonian orbit. Coinage likely ceased or became erratic during these disruptions.

BCD 82 is among the better-documented attributions from the BCD Peloponnesos collection sale, which remains the primary reference for this mint.