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Lot 33. Olympia Hemidrachm, head of Olympia / eagle, ex BCD and extremely rare

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Olympia Hemidrachm, head of Olympia / eagle, ex BCD and extremely rare

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eAuction #10, Lot 33. Estimate: CHF 1'000.00

Olympia, Elis. Hera Mint. AR Hemidrachm (15-17 m, 2.73 g), 360 BC (the 105th Olympiad).
Obv. Head of nymph Olympia right, wearing pendant earring, plain necklace and a sphendone; in fields, F - A.
Rev. Eagle with closed wings, standing left, looking back; all within olive wreath.
BCD Olympia 124 (same dies). BMC 77 = Traité III, 1121 and pl. CCXXXIII, 3 = Seltman pl. XII, 11 (same dies).

Extremely rare. Darkly toned. Very fine.

From the BCD collection; ex Numismatic Fine Arts MBS (14 December 1989), 210 (part of) and LHS 96 (2006), 641.



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