455, Lot: 112. Estimate $400. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ELIS, Olympia. 134th-143rd Olympiad. Circa 244-208 BC. AR Drachm (18.5mm, 4.73 g, 1h). Reduced Aeginetic standard. Eagle flying right, tearing at hare held in its talons / Vertical thunderbolt with wings and pomegranate above, volutes and pinecone below; F-A flanking. Elis Hoard Group I; BCD Olympia 231–4; HGC 5, 507. Iridescent tone, slightly off center on obverse. VF.
From the J.B. Collection, purchased Autumn 2004.