Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 2253. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $207. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ELIS, Olympia. 109th-110th Olympiad. 344-340 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.53 g, 9h). Hera mint. Head of the nymph Olympia right / Eagle standing left, head right, wings spread, on uncertain object. Cf. BCD Olympia 185 (same obv. die, different rev. type); BCD Peloponnesos -; SNG Copenhagen 406 (same dies). VF, toned, light porosity. Rare.

Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS or Leu sales), purchased from B. Kritt, December 1995.

Struck from the same obverse die as the previous lot.