Ex Pozzi Collection

Triton XXI, Lot: 413. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOKRIS, Lokri Opuntii. Circa 360-350 BC. AR Triobol (15mm, 2.85 g, 6h). Head of Persephone right, wearing wreath of grain ears, single-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 ground; OΠON-TIΩN at sides; on ground below, crested Corinthian helmet left between legs, spear lying in background. H&D Group 1, 8a (O3/R2) = Pozzi 1340 (this coin); BCD Lokris 46; HGC 4, 995. Near EF, old cabinet tone. Good metal for issue.

Ex Ars Classica XVII (3 October 1934), lot 450; Prof. Samuel-Jean Pozzi Collection (Naville I, 14 March 1921), lot 1340.