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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Italy| > SH62325
Lokroi Epizephyrioi, Bruttium, Italy, c. 317 - 310 B.C.
|Italy|, |Lokroi| |Epizephyrioi,| |Bruttium,| |Italy,| |c.| |317| |-| |310| |B.C.|, Locris, which Plato called "the flower of Italy," was located on the Italian shore of the Ionian Sea. The city allied with Sparta early but later with Syracuse. During the Pyrrhic Wars, Locris hosted a Roman garrison but changed sides several times. Bronze tablets from its temple to Zeus record payments to a 'king,' thought to be Pyrrhus. Despite this, Pyrrhus plundered their temple of Persephone before his return to Epirus. At the end of the war, perhaps to allay fears about its loyalty, Locris struck coins depicting Pistis, goddess good faith and loyalty, crowning Roma.
SH62325. Silver stater, Calciati II 13; Pozzi 1731; BMC Corinth p. 95, 9-12; SNG Munchen 1491; SNG Delepierre 482, VF, Locroi Epizephyrii mint, weight 8.348g, maximum diameter 24.2mm, die axis 180o, c. 317 - 310 B.C.; obverse Pegasos flying left, thunderbolt below; reverse ΛOKPΩN, head of Athena (or Aphrodite) left in Corinthian helmet over leather cap, wearing pearl necklace; SOLD











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