Triton XVII, Lot: 201. Estimate $15000. Sold for $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LOKRIS, Lokri Opuntii. Circa 370-360 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 12.32 g, 11h). Head of Persephone left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and pearl necklace / Ajax, nude but for crested Corinthian helmet, holding sword in right hand, shield decorated with coiled serpent on left arm, advancing right on rocks; OΠON-TIΩN flanking; below, spearhead left. BCD Lokris 17 (this coin); Dewing 1475 (same rev. die); Wartenberg 3–4 var. (spear head right). Superb EF, toned, a touch of porosity on obverse.
Ex BCD Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 55, 8 October 2010), lot 17.