294, Lot: 144. Estimate $300. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOKRIS, Lokri Opuntii. Circa 360-350 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 11.31 g, 12h). Wreathed head of Persephone left / Ajax, nude but for crested Corinthian helmet, advancing right on rocks, holding sword and shield decorated with palmette and lion; helmet and spear between legs. BCD Lokris 63; SNG Copenhagen –; Gulbenkian 492. VF, toned, severe scratches, cuts, and smoothing.

Ex Robert and Julius Diez Collection (Lanz 151, 30 June 2011), lot 87; Duplicates from the Berlin Königliche Münzkabinett (Part II, A. Hess Nachf., 12 March 1906), lot 510; Dr. Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer Collection.