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LOT 1969
Silver Coin with Indian Fanam Coin Tie Pin
CIRCA 18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
7/8 - 1 3/8 in. (Pin: 3.64 grams, 37mm; coin: 11.72 grams, 22 mm, 12h.).
Bar-type tie-pin formed as a row of six replicas(?) of AR Indian Chuckrams, hinged pin and catch to reverse; offered with a pierced AR Stater of Lokris Opuntii, Lokris (circa 420-380 BC): Head of Demeter to left, wearing barley-wreath, triple-pendant earring and necklace / Ajax the Locrian, nude but for crested Corinthian helmet, advancing to right on rocky ground, holding short sword in his right hand, round shield decorated on its interior with coiled serpent in his left hand; between his legs, small shield; OΠON-TIΩN around.
Provenance
Private collection, UK.
Literature
Cf. Traité Tf. CCVI, 14; SNG Delepierre 1256.
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