Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 96 6 October 2016
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Greek Coins
Olympia, Elis. Tetradrachm stater 348 BC, the 108th Olympiad, AR 12.16 g.
Description
Laureate head of Zeus r. Rev. F – A Eagle, with closed wings, standing r. on Ionic capital; in lower r. field, horizontal thunderbolt.
References
Seltman Olympia, 196b (this coin)
K. Schofield, Meisterwerke der griechischen Kunst, 517 (this coin)
Lockett sale part IV, 215 (these dies)
BCD Olympia, 136 (this obverse die)
Condition
Very rare. A wonderful portrait of Zeus struck on a very broad flan and with a lovely old cabinet tone, about extremely fine
Provenance
M&M sale 37, 1968, 199
Morton & Eden sale 51, 2012, 119
The Mutiaux collection, Paris