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| Issuer | Ophrynion |
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| Year | 400 BC - 300 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | Nude horseman advancing to the right, seated upon a horse in a dynamic trotting pose. The rider holds a long palm branch or spear diagonally over his shoulder. The horse is depicted in fine detail with raised foreleg, conveying motion and energy. The ethnic legend ΟΦΡΥΝΕΩΝ curves around the upper portion of the field in Greek characters, identifying the issuing city of Ophrynion in Troas. |
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| Mint | Ophrynion |
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Ophrynion was a minor Troad settlement whose claim to historical notice rests almost entirely on one thing: it was the site of a heroon dedicated to Hector of Troy, whose supposed remains were said to have been transferred there from Ilium. The town was eventually absorbed by Alexandria Troas when Antigonus forcibly synoikized the surrounding settlements around 310 BC, which effectively ended independent coinage from the region. Issues attributable to Ophrynion are rare precisely because the window of civic autonomy was narrow.