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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Greece| > |Lokris| > GS88326
Lokri Opuntii, Lokris, Greece, c. 340 - 330 B.C.
|Lokris|, |Lokri| |Opuntii,| |Lokris,| |Greece,| |c.| |340| |-| |330| |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.

The star on the reverse may represent the Halley's Comet visible in 373 - 372 B.C.
GS88326. Silver obol, BCD Lokris 91; SNG Cop 63; BMC Central p. 6, 45; Weber 3149; HGC 4 976 (S), VF, etched porous surfaces, Locri Opuntii mint, weight 0.688g, maximum diameter 11.2mm, c. 340 - 330 B.C.; obverse ΛO-KP (counterclockwise) from left, amphora, small bunch of grapes on left and ivy leaf on right each hanging on vines from the mouth of the vase; reverse stylized star of 16 rays, 8 of the rays slightly smaller and between the other 8, pellet in linear circle in center; ex Forum (2010); scarce; SOLD










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