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.
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.