The Phokian Confederation was a military alliance between ~22 small city states in the mountainous region of Phocis.
Due to the strategic location of Phokis - it controls the passage from Boeotia to Lokris and Thermopylai - the confederation was repeatedly under pressure from Boeotia, Thessaly and the Delphic Amphiktyony.
In 346 BC the Confederation was defeated in the so-called Third Sacred War. This defeat led to the destruction of the settlement - and opened up a route for the Macedonians to control Greece which was used by Philip II of Macedon 8 years decade later.
Due to the strategic location of Phokis - it controls the passage from Boeotia to Lokris and Thermopylai - the confederation was repeatedly under pressure from Boeotia, Thessaly and the Delphic Amphiktyony.
In 346 BC the Confederation was defeated in the so-called Third Sacred War. This defeat led to the destruction of the settlement - and opened up a route for the Macedonians to control Greece which was used by Philip II of Macedon 8 years decade later.
Obverse: facing bull head
Reverse: head of Artemis right; Φ O K I
Diameter:
13 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 2.9 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 2.9 g
No notes for this coin
SNG Cop 99 ff.
An
AE
Trichalkon
struck 351-347 BC
in
Daulis?
Obverse: three filleted boukrania; ΦΩ_ΚΕ_ΩΝ
Reverse: laureate wreath; T
Diameter:
21 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 8.9 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 8.9 g
time of Palaikos
Slg. BCD Lokris - Phokis 328; SNG Copenhagen 125; BCD Lokris 328-31; HGC 5, 1099.