LOKRIS, Lokri Opuntii. Circa 370-360 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 11.74 g, 1h). 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; round shield below, OΠON-[T]IΩN around. H&D Group 4, 49b (O4/R12 – this coin); BCD Lokris 15; HGC 4, 989. Old cabinet tone, slight granularity, minor double strike. Good VF.
Ex Jim Gilman Collection, purchased from Atlantis Ltd., June 2001; Coin Galleries FPL II.6 (1961), no. A1105.