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6 May 2009
Widder Hotel, Zürich
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Estimate: 7500 CHF
Hammer Price:  12000 CHF
Lot 70

ELIS, Olympia. 97th Olympiad. 392 BC. Stater (Silver, 121.01 g 1). Eagle standing left, grasping coiled snake with his talons and tearing at its coils with his beak; all on round shield with raised rim Rev. F Α Thunderbolt, with volutes above and flames below. BCD Olympia -. Seltman, Temple 167 ff. var. (BW/δζ, but this die combination unknown to Seltman). Very rare. Toned and nicely struck. Good very fine.


The oddly incuse partial legend on the reverse was caused by the need to recut the letter because of die wear. The way the obverse is made indicates that it is copying a shield blazon - presumably that used by soldiers protecting the sanctuary. Similar shield blazons are found on coins of various Lykian dynasts; they are also paralleled by the representations of shields on Greek painted pottery.

Online bidding closes: 6 May 2009, 14:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 23 Apr 2024, 12:24:30 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:12000 CHF

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