ISLAND OFF EPEIROS, Korkyra, (c.400 B.C.), silver stater, (11.13 g), obv. cow standing left, head turned to lick calf that is suckling to right, rev. K-O-P retrograde, double stellate pattern within square linear frame, within a linear circle and shallow incuse circle, (S.2004, BMC 66ff, SNG Lockett [this coin]). Attractive old cabinet toning, extremely fine and rare.
Ex Prospero Collection, The New York Sale Auction XXVII, lot 346. Previously R.C.Lockett Collection, Greek Part II, Glendining & Co, London, 13 February 1958, lot 1512. Also private purchase from Spink, London, 19 November 1985.