PELOPONNESOS, Elis, Olympia, 87th-90th Olympiad, (struck c.432-420 B.C., silver stater, (11.52 g), obv. eagle standing right with its wings spread, grasping a serpent in its beak, **D A* across lower field, countermark above, rev. **F A* across field, winged thunderbolt with volutes within circular incuse, (S.-, Seltman 137 [dies BN/**yn*], cf.BCD Olympia 58-54, HGC 5, 341, SNG Copenhagen 365 (same dies), Pozzi 1831 (same dies). Attractive old toning, struck on an irregular flan, very rare.
Ex CNG Auction 97, lot 145 with ticket. Previously the Lexington Collection.