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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Greece| > |Lokris| > GB49605
Lokri Opuntii, Lokris, Greece, c. 325 - 300 B.C.
|Lokris|, |Lokri| |Opuntii,| |Lokris,| |Greece,| |c.| |325| |-| |300| |B.C.|, Locrians are mentioned by Homer, who describes them as following Ajax, the son of Oïleus, to the Trojan War in forty ships. In the Persian War the Opuntian Locrians fought with Leonidas at the Battle of Thermopylae, and also sent seven ships to the Greek fleet. The Locrians fought on the side of Sparta in the Peloponnesian War.
GB49605. Bronze AE 13, BCD Lokris (NAC 55) 115.1 (this coin); BMC Central 58 corr. (O present, not described); Delbridge corpus group 6b, 31a, aF, dark sea-green patina, Lokri Opuntii mint, weight 1.941g, maximum diameter 12.9mm, die axis 0o, obverse helmeted head of Athena right; reverse ΛOK-PΩN, bunch of grapes with tendrils and vine leaves, O above; ex BCD Collection, ex Numismatic Ars Classica Auction 55, 115.1; SOLD










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