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Stater of Lokroi Opontioi with head of Persephone
Greek
Late Classical Period
about 369–338 B.C.
Mint: Lokris, Lokroi Opontioi
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 25 mm. Weight: 12.09 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.219
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0958.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Persephone to left, wearing triple earring and bead-necklace, her hair wreathed with wild barley.
Reverse: Aias (Ajax), son of Oileus, youthful and nude advances to right, carrying a large round shield on his left arm, and grasping a dagger in his right hand. He wears a crested Corinthian helmet. Between his legs an inscription with his name and on the (rough) ground lies his spear. On the inside of the shield is a griffin, leaping to right.
Inscription in Greek in the field.
Reverse: Aias (Ajax), son of Oileus, youthful and nude advances to right, carrying a large round shield on his left arm, and grasping a dagger in his right hand. He wears a crested Corinthian helmet. Between his legs an inscription with his name and on the (rough) ground lies his spear. On the inside of the shield is a griffin, leaping to right.
Inscription in Greek in the field.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1900: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren