Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 3285 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $2,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $1,500
LOCRI OPUNTII AND EPIKNEMIDIA, (369-338 B.C.), silver stater, (11.998 grams), obv. head of Persephone to left, wreath with corn, wearing ear-ring, rev. Ajax son of Oileus, naked but for helmet, advancing to right, holding sword and large shield, decorated with griffin, broken spear on ground, star below to right, around **OPONTIW N*, (cf.S.2326, cf.BMC 27, BCD 58 [NAC Sale 55], SNG's-, McClean -, Weber -, Traite -, Gulbenkian 491 [same dies]). Slightly pitted obverse, few known examples, Very fine/good very fine and very rare.
Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 78 (lot 5000) and previously from Spink & Son, London, December 1998 with ticket, and Noble Numismatics Auction Sale 78 (lot 5000). The BCD example in nearly extremely fine realised 6000 + 15% SFr.
Estimate / sale price does not include buyer's premium (currently 22% including GST) which is added to hammer price. All bids are executed on the understanding that the Terms & Conditions of sale have been read and accepted. For information on grading and estimates please refer to the Buying at Auction advice.
Quick find
View a lot by number and sale.
Adjacent lots
Lot 3283
THESSALY, Thessalian League, Provincial Imperial Coinage, Nero, (54 -68 A.D.), AE 23, dupondius or diassarion, ...
Estimate $200
Lot 3284
THESSALY, Thessalian League, Provincial Imperial Coinage, Marcus Aurelius, (161 - 180 A.D.), AE 24, dupondius ...
Estimate $200
Lot 3285 This lot
LOCRI OPUNTII AND EPIKNEMIDIA, (369-338 B.C.), silver stater, (11.998 grams), obv. head of Persephone to ...
Estimate $2,000
Lot 3286
BOIOTIA, Federal Coinage, Uncertain Mint (Thebes?), Silver drachm, 304-294 B.C., (5.17 grams), obv. Boiotian shield, ...
Estimate $750
Lot 3287
BOIOTIA, Boiotian League, Federal Coinage, AE 15, 225-171 B.C., (3.58 grams), Obv. Boiotian shield, club ...
Estimate $150