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Ionia, Erythrai AR Drachm. 480-450 BC. Nude youth running beside his horse galloping left, holding the horse's reins in his right hand, [wasp flying above horses tail]; crescent and pellet design below ground line / Rosette with twelve petals, EPVΘ around; all within incuse square. SNG Lockett 2816 (same dies) = Pozzi, lot 2443; Traité pl. CLIV, 29; SNG Munich 297; SNG von Aulock 1944; BMC 19. 4.46g, 17mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare.
From a Swiss Private Collection.
This coins depicts the kalpé, a major horse race of the ancient Olympic Games during which the rider dismounts his horse on the last lap and, while continuing to hold the reins, runs beside it until the finish. The kalpé was popular in the first half of the 5th century BC, though dropped after the 84th Olympiad in 444 BC; it is likely that this coin must commemorate the victory of an Erythraian rider at the Games at about this time.
Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare.
From a Swiss Private Collection.
This coins depicts the kalpé, a major horse race of the ancient Olympic Games during which the rider dismounts his horse on the last lap and, while continuing to hold the reins, runs beside it until the finish. The kalpé was popular in the first half of the 5th century BC, though dropped after the 84th Olympiad in 444 BC; it is likely that this coin must commemorate the victory of an Erythraian rider at the Games at about this time.