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Lot 54. Olympia 2 Assaria, head of Hera / eagle, ex BCD

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Olympia 2 Assaria, head of Hera / eagle, ex BCD

Time left: 		Bidding closed (Sunday, November 20th, 19:27:00 CET)
Current time: Saturday, November 23rd, 02:31:46 CET
Price realised: CHF 230.00 (2 bids)
Approx. EUR 248.29 / USD 259.33 / GBP 206.57
High bidder: Bidder 2

eAuction #53, Lot 54. Estimate: CHF 200.00

Olympia, Elis. AE 2 Assaria (26 mm, 13.99 g), early 30s BC (?).
Obv. Head of Hera right, wearing stephane.
Rev. Eagle standing right on thunderbolt with closed wings, F- A in fields; to right, M.
Wroth -

Rare. Good very fine.

From the BCD collection; ex Spink's 46 (1985), 94 (part of) and ex Leu 90 (2004), 312.

The date of this issue is controversial. Warren dates it to the 30s BC based upon size and weight and connects it to Marc Antony and Cleopatra. He sees the eagle on a thunderbolt, which is otherwise unknown at Olympia, as being a reference to the standard Ptolemaic reverse type.



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