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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Theodosius, post: 3061098, member: 77077&quot;]A very nice coin and an interesting write up.&nbsp; Don&#039;t mess with Athena, wow, 1000 years of punishment.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I have one of these I got way back in 2001 when I started a new job. Mine has the three headed dog fancier and daughter of Demeter: Persephone. How they know this coin has Persephone, I don&#039;t know.</p><p><br /></p><p>I always liked the stylistic tie-in with the coins of Syracuse. It has been suggested that the Lokrians, returning from service as mercenaries in Sicily, may have brought with them a quantity of Syracusan coins, which would have provided bullion and the prototype for the &#039;Euainetan&#039; head adopted at Lokris.&nbsp; (Not sure where I found that statement).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]767897[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Lokris Opuntia.</p><p>AR Stater, 369-338 BC, 12.19g.</p><p>Obverse: Wreathed head of Persephone of Euainetos type right, wearing single-pendant earring and a necklace; thin band in hair behind her ear.</p><p>Reverse: OPONTIWN, Ajax advancing right, nude but for crested helmet, brandishing sword and shield, shield decorated with griffin and a palmette, broken spear at his feet diagonally.</p><p>References: SNG Copenhagen 42 (same dies).</p><p><br /></p><p>John[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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