350-300 v. Chr. BRUTTIUM, LOKROI EPIZEPHYRIOI - AR Nomos or tridrachm, circa 350-300 BC cf. MDC Monaco, auction 17, Lot 9 (in about xf with some edge damage: € 11.000 + 24%)
cf. MDC Monaco, auction 17, Lot 9 (in about xf with some edge damage: € 11.000 + 24%) | Afkortingen
20,00 mm
weight 7,41gr. | silver Ø 20mm.
obv. Bearded and laureate head of Zeus right, before Λ O K ( P Ω N ) rev. Eagle flying left, clutching dead hare in talons, above, thunderbolt
Epizephyrian Locris was founded about 680 BC on the Italian shore of the Ionian Sea, near modern Capo Zefirio, by the Locrians, apparently by Opuntii (East Locrians) from the city of Opus, but including Ozolae (West Locrians) and Lacedaemonians. Its Latin name, Locri, is the plural of the Latin Locrus, which was used both to mean an inhabitant of Locris and the eponymous ancestor of the Locrians. Strabo suggests that it was the Ozolae who were the main founders. In the early centuries Locris was allied with Sparta, and later with Syracuse. It founded two colonies of its own, Hipponion and Medma. During the Pyrrhic Wars (280-275 BC) fought between Pyrrhus of Epirus and Rome, Locris accepted a Roman garrison and fought against the Epirote king. However, the city changed sides numerous times during the war. Bronze tablets from the treasury of its Olympeum, a temple to Zeus, record payments to a ′king′, generally thought to be Pyrrhus. Despite this, Pyrrhus plundered the temple of Persephone at Locris before his return to Epirus, an event which would live on in the memory of the Greeks of Italy. At the end of the war, perhaps to allay fears about its loyalty, Locris minted coins depicting a seated Rome being crowned by ′Pistis′, a goddess personifying good faith and loyalty, and returned to the Roman fold.
cf. MDC Monaco, auction 17, Lot 9 (in about xf with some edge damage: € 11.000 + 24%)
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