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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Greece| > |Lokris| > GS73966
Lokri Opuntii, Lokris, Greece, 340 - 333 B.C.
|Lokris|, |Lokri| |Opuntii,| |Lokris,| |Greece,| |340| |-| |333| |B.C.|, Lokrian Ajax (the Lesser) was a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris. Locrians are mentioned by Homer in the Iliad as following Ajax, the son of Oïleus, to the Trojan War in forty ships, and as inhabiting the towns of Kynos, Opus, Calliarus, Besa, Scarphe, Augeiae, Tarphe, and Thronium. Lokrian Ajax was called the "lesser" or "Lokrian" Ajax, to distinguish him from Ajax the Great, son of Telamon. He is also mentioned in the Odyssey and Virgil's Aeneid.
GS73966. Silver triobol or hemidrachm, BCD Lokris 98; BMC Central p. 2, 9; SNG Cop 50; SNG Lockett 1700; de Luynes 1958; Pozzi 1339; SGCV I 2330; HGC 4 997, Choice VF, Lokri Opuntii mint, weight 2.762g, maximum diameter 17.0mm, die axis 0o, 340 - 333 B.C.; obverse head of Persephone right, wearing wreath of grain, single-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; reverse OΠONTIΩN, Ajax son of Oileus, advancing right in fighting attitude, nude but for crested Corinthian helmet, short sword in right hand, shield on left arm ornamented inside with coiled snake (control symbol), kantharos (control symbol) below; SOLD










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