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Stater - 90th Olympiad
| Issuer | Olympia |
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| Year | 420 BC |
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| Reference(s) | HGC 5#343, BostonMFA#1207 |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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The 90th Olympiad of 420 BC was politically poisoned before the games began. Sparta had been fined and barred from competing by the Eleans, who controlled the sanctuary, over a treaty violation involving an attack on Lepreon during the Olympic truce. Sparta threatened military intervention — armed Spartan soldiers were reportedly stationed at the sanctuary's edge — yet the games proceeded. Elis retained administrative control of the mint at Olympia, and these staters were struck under that same authority.
The HGC 5#343 classification places this within a well-documented sequence of Elean issues tied directly to festival cycles, not continuous civic production.