Hemidrachm - Philomelos

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背面描述	Youthful head of Apollo facing right, depicted laureate with flowing wavy locks rendered in fine detail. A laurel branch is visible behind the head, extending into the left field. The legend ΦΩ appears in the field, serving as an abbreviation referencing the magistrate Philomelos. The style is elegant and typical of skilled Greek die engraving of the mid-4th century BC.
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背面铭文	ΦΩ (Translation: Philomelos)
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附加信息	Phokis seized the sanctuary of Delphi in 356 BC, triggering the Third Sacred War and giving the Phokian general Philomelos access to the treasuries of Apollo — one of the ancient world's great concentrations of precious metal. The federal coinage struck under his authority was partly financed by that plunder, a sacrilege that united much of Greece against Phokis and ultimately justified the Macedonian intervention that ended the war in 346 BC. Philomelos himself died at Neon in 354 BC, thrown from a cliff after capture. Coins attributable to his command span barely three years of crisis minting.

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