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NYINC Signature Sale 3061 7-8 Jan 2018
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ELIS. Olympia. Ca. 356 BC. AR stater (25mm, 11.31 gm, 3h). Good Fine. Hera mint, for the 106th Olympiad. F - A, head of the nymph Olympia to right, wearing pendant earring, hair bound in sphendone / Eagle standing right, with closed wings and head turned back to left; all within olive wreath. BCD -. Seltman 306/308 var. (EW/θυ), this die combination unrecorded. Obverse die rather degraded, areas of porosity. Still one of the rarest Olympia types and one of the few times the nymph Olympia is shown on the city's coinage.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 2000-2500 USD
ELIS. Olympia. Ca. 356 BC. AR stater (25mm, 11.31 gm, 3h). Good Fine. Hera mint, for the 106th Olympiad. F - A, head of the nymph Olympia to right, wearing pendant earring, hair bound in sphendone / Eagle standing right, with closed wings and head turned back to left; all within olive wreath. BCD -. Seltman 306/308 var. (EW/θυ), this die combination unrecorded. Obverse die rather degraded, areas of porosity. Still one of the rarest Olympia types and one of the few times the nymph Olympia is shown on the city's coinage.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 2000-2500 USD