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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;akeady, post: 5209185, member: 83175&quot;]Hi all,</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve had this coin since 2012 and only noticed a couple of years ago that I couldn&#039;t find any similar examples anywhere.</p><p><br /></p><p>The photo&#039; is old and not great, but it at least shows the main features - I&#039;ll retrieve the coin next week and take better photos.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_LokrisHemidrachm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Silver Hemidrachm</p><p>Obv. Laureate head of Persephone right</p><p>Rev. ΟΠΟΝΤΙΩΝ - Ajaz advancing right, with sword and shield, plumed helmet on ground between legs; shield inset with griffin</p><p>Date: ca 340-330</p><p>Wt./Size/Axis: 2.32g / - / -</p><p>References:</p><ul> <li>SNG Cop 51var</li> <li>cf BCD Lokris-Phokis 94</li> </ul><p>Acquisition/Sale: HD Rauch Online Auction 90 #154 28-Jun-2012</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not BCD Lokris-Phokis 94, as that has a &quot;lion or panther&quot; on the shield.</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven&#039;t been able to find the combination of griffin decoration on the inside of the shield and plumed helmet between Ajax&#039;s legs anywhere - not in BCD Lokris-Phokis </p><p>nor in &quot;The Coinage of the Opountian Lokrians&quot;, which has many varieties of these hemidrachms.&nbsp;&nbsp; I need to look in both of these again, to make sure I haven&#039;t missed it.</p><p><br /></p><p>A quick look in acsearch.info and CNG&#039;s sold coins didn&#039;t throw up any.</p><p><br /></p><p>Has anyone else seen one?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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