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Nomos
| Issuer | Lokroi Epizephyrioi |
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| Year | 400 BC - 350 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Kraay&Hirm#292, McClean#1492, SNG Lloyd#641 |
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| Reverse description | Eagle standing left with wings spread, depicted in the act of tearing at a dead hare clasped in its talons, the prey rendered in naturalistic detail. The eagle's plumage is rendered with fine engraved feather lines across the wings and body, conveying a sense of vitality and power. A thunderbolt, emblematic attribute of Zeus, is placed in the right field. The composition is contained within a plain, incuse field, with no exergual line, consistent with the coinage of Lokroi Epizephyrioi in the early Classical period. |
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| Mint | Lokroi Epizephyrioi |
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Lokroi Epizephyrioi occupied a peculiar position among the Greek colonies of southern Italy — founded by Locrians from the Greek mainland around 680 BC, the city was famous in antiquity for the law code of Zaleucus, reportedly the earliest written Greek legal code, and for a political constitution that resisted the democratic upheavals tearing apart neighboring poleis during this same period. The city's coinage reflects that stability: the nomos series maintained consistent weight standards and iconographic continuity across generations with little of the frantic restriking seen elsewhere in Magna Graecia during the early fourth century.
The Kraay-Hirmer, McClean, and SNG Lloyd references together place this piece firmly within a well-documented but modestly sized series.