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Lokris. Lokri Opunti. Lot of five coins.

Currency:CHF Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - World Start Price:200.00 CHF Estimated At:250.00 - 0.00 CHF
Lokris. Lokri Opunti. Lot of five coins.
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Lokris. Lokri Opuntii. Lot of five coins. 110.1: AR 2.25 g., 11¢ and 110.2: Æ 1.95 g., 11¢. Two modern (early 20th century?) cast hemidrachm forgeries, the first one in silver and the second one in bronze. Both from the same casting mould, copying group 12 dies. 110.3: AR 2.48 g., 5¢. A hemidrachm of unusual “provincial” style, listed after group 12 in the corpus as “false?” 110.4: AR 2.01 g., 5¢. Another hemidrachm of different fabric but struck from dies bearing some stylistic similarity to the previous coin. Corpus group 12, 357b corr. [not same dies (as noted) to the BCD piece listed as 357a]. 110.5: AR 1.99 g., 6¢. A tetrobol of unusually coarse style, especially on the obverse where there are also traces of overstriking. A varied and very interesting lot. Generally very fine. 110.1: Acquired from Münzen und Medaillen AG, October 1985, for CHF 280 and said to be from an old English collection. 110.3: Acquired from Spink’s, October 1986, for £ 120. Ex CH VIII, 338, pl. XLIII, 4 (this coin). 110.4: Ex Spink-Noble (Australia) 44, 23 March 1994, 2480 ($A 100).