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Stater - 113rd Olympiad
| Issuer | Olympia |
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| Year | 328 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | An eagle stands in left profile, wings closed, perched and alert with its head turned sharply to the right. To the left of the eagle, a serpent or hare is depicted as prey, and a starburst or floral symbol occupies the left field. To the right, a small Greek letter heta (H) appears as a control mark or ethnic abbreviation. A second snake or vine motif is visible in the right field. The composition is dynamic and finely engraved, consistent with the celebrated die-cutting tradition of the Elean sanctuary workshops. |
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| Mintage | ND (-328) |
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Struck at Elis to commemorate the 113th Olympiad, this is one of the issues produced specifically for the quadrennial festival cycle — coins minted in Olympic years to facilitate the enormous influx of traders, athletes, and pilgrims to the sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia. The Eleans controlled the mint and the games, and their coinage tied directly to that administrative monopoly over the most politically neutral ground in the Greek world.
328 BC places this issue in the reign of Alexander the Great, whose Macedonian dominance was already reshaping Greek interstate politics — yet Olympia maintained its minting independence throughout.