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Auction 26 21 May 2023
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PHLIASIA. Phlious. late 6th-early 5th century BC. Obol or 1/12th Stater (Silver, 10 mm, 1.18 g). Human leg bent to right, with prominent kneecap. Rev. Incuse square divided into six irregular compartments. BCD Peloponnesos 79 (this coin). Gr. Mü 803 and pl. XIII, 24. Seltman, Athens, pl. XIV a = NC 1890, pl. XIX, 21. Extremely rare. Nicely toned, and probably the finest example known. Minor marks, otherwise, good very fine.
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, ex Nomos 6, 8 May 2012, 68 and from the BCD Collection, LHS 96, 8 May 2006, 79.
The archaic coinage of Phlious is extremely unusual; as a result there was a good deal of controversy over its origins among scholars of the 19th century. Find spots in the north east Peloponnesos - this piece was supposedly found in eastern Arcadia - and the fact that the largest denomination, a half stater (as BCD 77), bears the initial letter phi make the attribution to Phlious quite certain.
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, ex Nomos 6, 8 May 2012, 68 and from the BCD Collection, LHS 96, 8 May 2006, 79.
The archaic coinage of Phlious is extremely unusual; as a result there was a good deal of controversy over its origins among scholars of the 19th century. Find spots in the north east Peloponnesos - this piece was supposedly found in eastern Arcadia - and the fact that the largest denomination, a half stater (as BCD 77), bears the initial letter phi make the attribution to Phlious quite certain.