Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVIIAuction date: 9 January 2024
Lot number: 176

Price realized: 8,250 USD   (Approx. 7,556 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Lot description:


LOKRIS, Lokri Opuntii. Circa 360-350 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 12.24 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; ivy leaf and broken spear below, OΠON-TIΩN around. H&D Group 12, 117–22 var. (O–/R37 [unlisted obv. die]); BCD Lokris 44–5 (same rev. die); HGC 4, 989. Lightly toned, with some iridescence and underlying luster, a few minor hairlines. Superb EF.

From the James Fox Collection. Ex CNG inventory 701572 (May 1997).


Estimate: 5000 USD