Stater

Features

Issuer	Lokroi Opuntii (Lokris)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	356 BC - 338 BC
Value	Stater (2)
Currency	Aeginetic drachm
Composition	Srebro
Weight	12.13 g
Diameter	23 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 173842
References	BCD Lokris# 59 Numismatica Ars Classica (publisher); 2010. Numismatica Ars Classica Auction / Volume 55: The BCD collection. Lokris - Phokis. Numismatica Ars Classica, Zürich, Switzerland. , SNG Copenhagen# 45 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , de Luynes# 1955 Jean Babelon, Louis Ciani (ed.), Jules Florange (ed.). Catalogue de la collection de Luynes - monnaies grecques. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France (4 volumes). , McClean# 5431-5432 Sidney W. Grose. Fitzwilliam Museum. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom (3 volumes). , HGC 4# 990 Oliver D. Hoover; 2014. Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Greece / Volume 4: Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris, and Corinthia : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. , H&D# 128 Jacqueline Morineau Humphris, Diana Delbridge; 2014. The Coinage of the Opountian Lokrians. Royal Numismatic Society, London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

(en) Head of Persephone to left, wearing wreath of grain leaves, triple-pendant earring and necklace

Reverse

(en) Ajax, nude but for crested helmet, striding right, holding short sword in his right hand and shield with his right. The interior of the shield is ornamented with griffin running right and a palmette. Below and on the right, bunch of grapes and on the ground, a broken spear

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΟΠΟΝΤΙΩΝ

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (356 BC - 338 BC)							$ 1300	$ 14 000

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Bertolami Fine Arts Auction 52 Lot 86	8 Nov 2018	XF	Unsold
Ex UBS, Auction 63 (6 September 2005), lot 131
© Bertolami Fine Arts
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Roma Numismatics Auction 7 Lot 224	22 Mar 2014	XF	USD 7389.54 (GBP 5500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 55 Lot 59	8 Oct 2010	VF	USD 5387.40 (CHF 4250.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Nomos AG Auction 1 Lot 60	6 May 2009	XF	USD 20 915.78 (CHF 16 500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	CNG Triton XXIX Lot 5165	13 Jan 2026	VF	USD 1300.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Electronic Auction 476 Lot 72	9 Sep 2020	VF	USD 3000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Numismatica Varesi Auction 62 Lot 15	30 Apr 2013	VF	USD 953.12 (EUR 820.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Varesi
	CNG Triton XVI Lot 376	9 Jan 2013	VF	Unsold
Ex Feuardent frères & H. Leman, 17 December 1921, lot 44
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Gorny & Mosch Auction 203 Lot 176	5 Mar 2012	VF	USD 1511.05 (EUR 1300.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung
	Numismatik Lanz Auction 125 Lot 287	28 Nov 2005	VF	USD 662.54 (EUR 570.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Lanz Auctions