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Stater 100th Olympiad
| Issuer | Olympia (Elis) |
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| Year | 380 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Mintage | ND (-380) |
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The 100th Olympiad fell in 380 BC, and Elis marked the occasion with a fresh coinage issue — one of the few instances where a specific Olympiad can be tied directly to a coin series rather than inferred from hoard evidence. The sanctuary at Olympia retained autonomous minting rights despite Elean political turbulence earlier in the century, including the Spartan-backed reorganization of 400 BC that briefly stripped Elis of border territories.
The BCD collection reference places this piece among a carefully sequenced die study; cross-referencing Seltman's temple chronology with the Gulbenkian specimen confirms this as an early die state.