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Obol - 111st-114th Olympiad
| Issuer | Olympia |
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| Year | 336 BC - 324 BC |
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| Value | Obol (⅙) |
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| Reverse description | Eagle displayed frontally, with wings spread upward and outward, rendered in a stylized heraldic manner characteristic of Elean coinage. The head of the eagle is depicted facing left. Flanking the eagle are the Greek letters digamma (F) to the left and alpha (A) to the right, representing the ethnic abbreviation for Elis (ΕΛ or ΕΛΙ in longer form, here abbreviated). The composition is centered on the irregular flan with a plain field. |
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| Reverse lettering | F A |
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These small silver obols were struck at Olympia during one of the sanctuary's most politically charged periods — the years spanning Philip II's assassination, Alexander's consolidation of Macedonian power, and the early campaigns eastward. Olympia functioned as an issuing authority in its own right, with the sanctuary's revenues and the quadrennial festival cycle providing both the economic rationale and the practical window for production. The issues are scarce, as one would expect from a non-urban mint operating intermittently rather than continuously.