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A broken silver coin of Lokri Opuntii showing an amphora and a star Coin Type: Chipped silver obol of Lokri Opuntii in Lokris.
Mint and Date: Lokri Opuntii, second quarter of the 4th century BCE.
Size and Weight: 11mm, 0.43g.
Obverse: Amphora, O Π left down, O N right up. A bunch of grapes hangs over the handle from the left side of the vase's mouth (chipped off on this specimen) and an ivy leaf from the right side.
Reverse: Stylized star of 16 rays, 8 of the rays smaller and interpolated between the other 8; in the centre, dot in a circle of 6 dots. The whole in a dotted circle.
Ref: Corpus group 7a. SNG Fitzwilliam 2811.
Provenance: lloydl2004 (eBay), March 2011
BW Ref: 001 055 000
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