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<p>[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 7436302, member: 86498"]Lokri Opuntii Ar Stater 370-369 BC Obv Head of Demeter left wreathed in grain ears. Rv. Ajax the lesser naked wearing Corinthian style helmet advancing right with shield and sword. Humphris/Delbridge Group 2 9a This coin illustrated 12.26 grms 21mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1290452[/ATTACH]Ajax the lesser was the son of Oileus King of Lokris and the leader of that contingent during the siege of Troy. During the sack of that city he captured and possibly raped Kassandra who was sheltering in the temple of Athena. This was a serious act of impiety and Athena was not amused. As a result on the return trip back to Greece he was shipwrecked and killed by the goddess. Other stories have him killed by Poseidon who he managed to piss off as well. The one thing you can say about him that he is consistent. Despite all of this he remained a hero to the Locrians.</p><p> On a personal note This type was one of my "grail" coins and I remember staying up late into the morning trying to get one of the coins offered by NAC from the BCD collection (2010). Subsequently I saw a number but they all had some issue that I did not like. In 2018 at the NYINC I saw one decided to look around the floor for about an hour and it was gone.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> In 2019 again at the NYINC I saw this coin and decided right then and there I was going to buy it. The dealer for reasons I do not understand was determined to point out the most significant flaw, which is its tight flan.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Because of his kindness I got him to reduce his asking price and took the coin home with me. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 7436302, member: 86498"]Lokri Opuntii Ar Stater 370-369 BC Obv Head of Demeter left wreathed in grain ears. Rv. Ajax the lesser naked wearing Corinthian style helmet advancing right with shield and sword. Humphris/Delbridge Group 2 9a This coin illustrated 12.26 grms 21mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1290452[/ATTACH]Ajax the lesser was the son of Oileus King of Lokris and the leader of that contingent during the siege of Troy. During the sack of that city he captured and possibly raped Kassandra who was sheltering in the temple of Athena. This was a serious act of impiety and Athena was not amused. As a result on the return trip back to Greece he was shipwrecked and killed by the goddess. Other stories have him killed by Poseidon who he managed to piss off as well. The one thing you can say about him that he is consistent. Despite all of this he remained a hero to the Locrians. On a personal note This type was one of my "grail" coins and I remember staying up late into the morning trying to get one of the coins offered by NAC from the BCD collection (2010). Subsequently I saw a number but they all had some issue that I did not like. In 2018 at the NYINC I saw one decided to look around the floor for about an hour and it was gone.:eek: In 2019 again at the NYINC I saw this coin and decided right then and there I was going to buy it. The dealer for reasons I do not understand was determined to point out the most significant flaw, which is its tight flan.o_O Because of his kindness I got him to reduce his asking price and took the coin home with me. :)[/QUOTE]
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