ELIS, Olympia. 106th Olympiad. 356 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 11.84 g, 6h). Hera mint. Head of Hera right, wearing sphendone / Eagle standing right, head left, within olive wreath. Seltman,
Temple 310 (EX/θχ); BCD Olympia 129 = SNG Lockett 2427 = Pozzi 1855 (same dies); SNG Delepierre 2169 (same dies). VF, toned.
Though not a new obverse type for the Hera mint, the head of Hera on Seltman’s die EX is a differing rendition from previous issues in that it “is clearly influenced by the heads of the nymph Olympia.” Absent is the stephanos of Hera, replaced with the sphendone of the nymph, paralleling the change which took place at the Zeus mint as well.
