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Lokris. Lot of seven bronze coins.

Currency:CHF Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - World Start Price:160.00 CHF Estimated At:200.00 - 0.00 CHF
Lokris. Lot of seven bronze coins.
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Multiple Lots. Lot of seven bronze coins of Lokri Opuntii 4th to 2nd century BC. The first four with Athena helmeted / bunch of grapes, the 5th with Athena r. / Ajax l., the 6th with Demeter r. / Ajax r. and the last with Apollo r. / standing male figure r. 464.1: Æ 1.60 g., 9¢. 464.2: Æ 1.83 g., 8¢. 464.3: Æ 3.83 g., 10¢. 464.4: Æ 4.42 g., 1¢. 464.5: Æ 2.28 g., 3¢. 464.6: Æ 3.01 g., 7¢. 464.7: Æ 5.12 g., 3¢. The 1st and 2nd with some obverse roughness, the 5th with an off-centre obverse and the 6th with an obverse countermark, otherwise patinated and about very fine. 464.1: As lot 79 above but here Athena’s helmet has no flap. Corpus group 1, 21a. 464.2: As lot 86 above (same obverse die). Corpus group 4, 1b. 464.3: Corpus group 25a, 7a. 464.4: Corpus group 26, 33a. 464.5: Corpus group 29, 2a. This very rare type was first mentioned in a lecture given by the Count Prokesch - Osten on 31 March 1845. The lecture was titled Nichtbekannte Europäisch-Griechische Münzen aus der Sammlung des Hrn. Prokesch von Osten and was subsequently published with the coin illustrated by an etching on pl. I, 23. 464.6: Corpus group 32.1, 4a. 464.7: Ex CNG e-sale 192, July 2008, lot 370 (part). Corpus group 34.