Elis, Olympia Stater, Hera mint 388, 98th Olympiad, AR 12.12 g. Head of Hera r., wearing stephane ornamented with palmettes. Rev. F – A Flaming thunderbolt within olive wreath. Seltman, Olympia 284 (EM/θγ). BMC 57 (these dies). Gillet 985 (this coin). Katoché 284h (this coin). BCD Olympia 94 (this coin).
Wonderful old cabinet tone, two countermarks on obverse, otherwise extremely fine
Ex Leu 90, 2004, BCD, 94 and Gorny & Mosch 195, 2011, 189 sales. From the Charles Gillet collection and from the Katoché hoard (IGCH 48)
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