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Stater of Lokroi Opontioi with head of Persephone
Greek
Late Classical Period
about 369–338 B.C.
Mint: Lokris, Opous (Lokroi Opontioi)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 24.5 mm. Weight: 11.60 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number58.705
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 091.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Persephone to right, wearing earring and necklace, hair bound with a wreath of corn leaves. A dotted ribbon shows at the back of the neck.
Reverse: Ajax, son of Oileus, lunges to the right, wearing helmet and carrying shield with griffin on left arm, sword in right hand. At his feet, a broken spear.
On the thick ground line, letters (in Greek for Ajax?).
Inscription to left, upwards.
Reverse: Ajax, son of Oileus, lunges to the right, wearing helmet and carrying shield with griffin on left arm, sword in right hand. At his feet, a broken spear.
On the thick ground line, letters (in Greek for Ajax?).
Inscription to left, upwards.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Byron Zoumboulakis, Geneva, Switzerland; September 18, 1958: purchased by MFA from Byron Zoumboulakis for
$ 350.00
$ 350.00