bgr_407447 - LOCRIS - OPUS Obole
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Item sold on our e-shop (2022)
Price : 350.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2022)
Price : 350.00 €
Type : Obole
Date: c. 370-360 AC.
Mint name / Town : Oponte, Locride
Metal : silver
Diameter : 11,5 mm
Weight : 0,83 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, ovale, parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec le grènetis complet au revers. Belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Amphore surmontée de deux feuilles de vigne.
Obverse legend : OP/ON.
Obverse translation : (Oponte).
Reverse
Reverse description : Étoile à huit rais centré d’un cercle pointé en cœur ; le tout dans un grènetis perlé.
Commentary
Poids léger.
Historical background
LOCRIS - OPUS
(369-338 BC)
Oponte was the capital of Opontian Locrid. It was said to have been founded by Opous. It was the homeland of Patroclus and Ajax, son of Oileus. The Opontians fought with Leonidas at Thermopylae. The Locrians experienced their greatest expansion from the Peace of Antalcidas in 386 BC. After Philip II's victory at Chaeronea in 338 BC, the Locrians fell under Macedonian rule.
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