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Obolos 17

20 December 2020
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Starting Price: 800 CHF
Hammer Price:  2000 CHF
Lot 221

ELIS. Olympia. Circa 450-440 BC. Stater (Silver, 25 mm, 11.97 g). Eagle flying right with wings above and below his body, grasping hare by the belly and tearing at him with his beak. Rev. Ϝ - Α Nike striding to left, holding wreath in her outstretched right hand and the hem of her chiton in her left. BCD Olympia -. Seltman, Temple -, ( but AK/απ, a die combination unlisted in Seltman and in SNG Delepierre). Very rare, attractively toned and well-centered. Struck from the usual worn dies, with some slightly rough areas and with two countermarks on the obverse, both in circular indents, one with a star (?) within a wreath and the other with a scorpion (?) , otherwise, about very fine.

From the Aletheia Collection, ex Lanz 155, 10 December 2012, 204.

Online bidding closes: 20 Dec 2020, 16:50:30 CET Current Date & Time: 24 Apr 2024, 21:42:20 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:2000 CHF by MailBidder8468 (6 bids)
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