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Auction 10 24 Oct 2021
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ELIS. Olympia. 82nd Olympiad, 452 BC. Stater (Silver, 26 mm, 11.82 g, 11 h). Eagle flying right with wings above and below, grasping a coiling snake with his beak. Rev. F-A Thunderbolt with wings above and volutes below; all within round incuse. BCD Olympia 28 (this coin). Seltman 43b and pl. 4, αζ (this coin, AF/αζ). Beautifully toned and with an illustrious pedigree. Several banker's marks on the obverse, otherwise, about very fine.
From the Jolimont Collection, ex Münzen & Medaillen GmbH 32, 26 May 2010, 84 (with dealer's and collector's ticket), from the BCD Collection, Leu 90, 10 May 2004, 28, ex Spink's, 30 November 1983, 46, from the collection of a Late Foreign Ambassador, Glendining, 7 March 1957, 207 and ex Sotheby's, Wilkinson & Hodge, 21 April 1909, 105 (duplicates from the McClean collection?).
From the Jolimont Collection, ex Münzen & Medaillen GmbH 32, 26 May 2010, 84 (with dealer's and collector's ticket), from the BCD Collection, Leu 90, 10 May 2004, 28, ex Spink's, 30 November 1983, 46, from the collection of a Late Foreign Ambassador, Glendining, 7 March 1957, 207 and ex Sotheby's, Wilkinson & Hodge, 21 April 1909, 105 (duplicates from the McClean collection?).