Description: Ionia, Phokaia, 510 - 490 BC. AR Diobol. Archaic female head left, hair in sakkos, wearing necklace and earring / Quadripartite incuse square.

Diameter: AR10 mm

Weight: 1,32 g

Grade: VF/VF

Attribution: Klein, KM 453; H. A. Cahn, Ionische Damen, Studies Price 61 und Tf. 15, 7

Commentary: greyish patina, good centering on big flan, good details

History: After the defeat by Persian in 546 BC most Phokaians abandoned their city, which nevertheles continued.

Article Number: 021-01-02-41652