Watch List notes:

ELIS, Olympia. 134th-143rd Olympiad. Circa 244-208 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.96 g, 7h). Ka–, magistrate. Eagle flying right, tearing at hare held in its talons / Vertical thunderbolt with volutes above, wings below; F-A/K-A flanking. Elis Hoard Group IV, 45; BCD Olympia 261 (this coin); HGC 5, 510; SNG Copenhagen 427 var. (magistrate); SNG Lockett 2467 (same rev. die); BMC –. Superb EF, deep iridescent tone, obverse a little off center.


From the Jonathan K. Kern Collection. Ex BCD Collection (Leu 90, 10 May 2004), lot 261.