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Live auction - bgr_356274 - LOCRIS - OPUS Obole

LOCRIS - OPUS Obole VF
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Estimate : 550 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 30 June 2015 14:15:17
Type : Obole
Date: c. 410-400 AC.
Mint name / Town : Oponte, Locride
Metal : silver
Diameter : 10,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 0,86 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale bien centré à l’usure importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Patine grise superficielle. A été nettoyée anciennement
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vent NAC 55, n° 6, de la collection BCD et de la collection B. Odaert

Obverse


Obverse legend : LETTRE DANS LE CHAMP INFÉRIEUR DROIT.
Obverse description : Grappe de raisin avec un globule dans le bord supérieur gauche.
Obverse legend : L.

Reverse


Reverse description : Olive sur sa tige avec deux feuilles.
Reverse legend : L-O.
Reverse translation : (des Locriens).

Commentary


C’est le deuxième exemplaire signalé après celui de l’American Numismatic Society. Ce type semble infiniment plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.

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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