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Lot 31. Olympia AE 2 Assaria, ex BCD

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Olympia AE 2 Assaria, ex BCD

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Bidding closed (Sunday, June 18th, 19:10:20 CEST)
Current time: Tuesday, November 26th, 17:46:11 CET

Price realised: CHF 180.00 (4 bids)
Approx. EUR 193.48 / USD 203.01 / GBP 161.72

High bidder: Bidder 2

eAuction #56, Lot 31. Estimate: CHF 150.00

Olympia, Elis. AE 2 Assaria (25 mm, 10.32 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, monogram of MI.
Wroth p. 335, 3-4.

Rare. Good very fine.

From the BCD collection; ex Kress 178 (1980), 559 (sold for 1000 DM + fees) and ex Leu 90 (2004), 311.

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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