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Hemiobol
| Issuer | Federal Coinage of Phokis |
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| Year | 485 BC - 480 BC |
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| Value | Hemiobol (1⁄12) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (485 BC - 480 BC) |
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Phokis struck federal coinage in the years immediately before and during the Persian invasions, making this issue contemporary with Thermopylae — a battle fought on Phokian soil after the Phokians themselves had refused to medahize. Their resistance was not universal: the oracle at Delphi, situated in Phokis, had given famously ambiguous counsel to the Greeks, and the sanctuary's enormous treasury made it a primary Persian target in 480 BC.
The BCD reference places this among the earliest federal coinage issues from the region, before the Persian sack disrupted production entirely.