Phocis, Federal coinage Triobol circa 449-447, AR 15mm., 2.70g. Frontal bull’s head, the hair in vertical lines. Rev. Archaic head of Artemis r. in incuse square, Φ-[O-K-I] starting from bottom r., clockwise. Williams 213 (O.153 / R.17). BCD Phokis 241 (this coin).

An historically important coin. Old cabinet tone, Very Fine.

Ex NAC sale 55, 2010, 241. From the BCD collection.

An example of the charming anomalies that can occur in Greek coinages and which is so convincingly explained by Williams on pp. 32-33 of the corpus