Item number: A1145

Year: 387-326 BC

Material: Electrum (Gold with Silver)

Size: 10.0 x 8.7 x 3.8 mm

Weight: 2.55 g

Provenance: Künker 2024

This is a one-sixth gold stater, minted between 387 and 326 BC in the Ionian city-state of Phocaea. The obverse features the goddess Athena, depicted wearing a Corinthian helmet. On the reverse, there is an incuse punch mark displaying a quadripartite square. Such quadripartite incuse marks are commonly seen on coins from the same period and are believed to result from repeated striking during the minting process.

Phocaea, located in Anatolia (modern-day Turkey), was an ancient Ionian city and the mother city of several Greek colonies. Founded in the 10th century BC, Phocaea established colonies in various locations, including Lampsacus, Amisos (Samsun), the Crimean Peninsula, Massilia (Marseille), and Emporion.

In 545 BC, when the Persians besieged Phocaea, many citizens chose to emigrate rather than surrender. In 190 BC, Phocaea allied with the Seleucid Empire to resist Rome and Pergamon, fiercely opposing Roman forces, which led to the city’s sacking. Although it faced near destruction after a rebellion in 132 BC, Phocaea ultimately survived, thanks to the intervention of its colony, Massilia.

物件編號: A1145

年代: 公元前 387-326 年

材質: 琥珀金

尺寸: 10.0 x 8.7 x 3.8 mm

重量: 2.55g

來源: 昆克 2024

這是一枚1/6金斯塔特，於公元前387至326年在伊奧尼亞城邦福西亞鑄造。正面中央為頭戴科林斯式頭盔的女神雅典娜。背面則有一個凹印，呈現了一個四分的正方形。此類的四分凹印常見於同時期的其他錢幣，被認為是重複打壓而產生的痕跡。

福西亞位於安納托利亞(今天的土耳其)，是一個座古老的伊奧尼亞城市，也是幾個希臘殖民地的母城。建於公元前10世紀，福西亞在多個地點建立了殖民地，包括蘭普薩庫斯，阿米索斯(薩姆松)，克里米亞半島，馬西利亞(馬賽)和阿姆庫里亞。

公元前545年波斯人圍攻福西亞時，許多市民選擇移民而不是投降。公元前190年，福西亞與塞琉古帝國聯手對抗羅馬和佩加莫，並激烈抵抗羅馬軍隊，城市因而被洗劫一空。雖然在公元前132年的叛亂後面臨毀滅，但福西亞最終得以借助其殖民地馬西利亞的干預而幸免於難。