circa 300-200 BCE
Trichalkon Æ 19mm, 6,15g
Diademed head of nymph to right /
ΦΑΚΙΑΣΤΩΝ, warrior on horse trotting to right; grain ear below
BCD Thessaly I 1249; BCD Thessaly II 566; HGC 4, 542
I find it interesting that so many cities in Thessaly start with ‘ph’. I have Phakion, Phalanna, Phaloria, Pharkadon, Pharsalos, and Pherai.
Not much is known about Phakion during the time of Alexander the Great. Before that, Brasidas of Sparta marched through there. The next we hear is Philip V destroying the city.
3rd century BCE
Æ Trichalkon 20mm, 7.00g, 12h
Diademed head of nymph r.
R/ Warrior on horse trotting r.; grain ear below.
BCD Thessaly I 1249; BCD Thessaly II 566; HGC 4, 542
The town was named after the Greek word ‘phakos’, which means ‘lentils’. Evidently they really liked lentils.
The site of Phakion remains unknown.
424 BCE
The Spartan general Brasidas captures Amphipolis and then Galepsos. He travels through Melitaia and camps at Phakion.
198 BCE
Philip V destroys Phakion.
191 BCE
Marcus Baebius Tamphilus takes Phakion.