Watch List notes:

LOKRIS. Lokris Opuntii. Circa 340s BC. Stater (Silver, 25 mm, 11.77 g, 10 h). Head of Demeter to right, wearing wreath of wheat leaves, elaborate peandant earring and a pearl necklace. Rev. OΠONTIΩN Ajax advancing right, nude but for his helmet, holding short sword in his right hand and shield ornamented with a griffin on the inside in his left; between his legs, diagonal spear. BCD Lokris 457.1 (same obverse die). HGC 4, 991. Humphris & Delbridge Group 21, 144d (this coin, O21/R53). Nicely toned and of fine style. Nearly very fine.


From the Renes Collection, Schulman 366, 4 March 2021, 12, ex Elsen 123, 6 December 2014, 25, Elsen 94, 15 December 2007, 552 and Vinchon, 26-27 May 1975, 4.