bgr_513556 - LOCRIS - OPUS Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 325 AC.
Mint name / Town : Oponte, Locride
Metal : copper
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 0,67 g.
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection BCD et de la vente Naville Numismatics 24, n° 136
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête casquée d’Athéna à droite coiffée du casque corinthien à cimier.
Reverse
Reverse description : Grappe de raision sur son cep.
Reverse legend : LOK/RWN/ F.
Reverse translation : (de Locres).
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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