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Lot 13. Elis (under the Achaean League) AR Hemidrachm with Nerva countermark, unique?

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Elis (under the Achaean League) AR Hemidrachm with Nerva countermark, unique?

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eAuction #4, Lot 13. Estimate: CHF 150.00

Elis, under the Achaean League. AR Hemidrachm (16 mm, 1.83 g), c. 40s-30s BC.
Obv. Laureate head of Zeus right, KAΛΛIΠΠ behind.
Rev. Central monogram within laurel wreath; countermarked with NE in ligature.
Clerk 273-5. For countermark, see Howgego 623.

Probably unique. Host coin good, countermark very fine.

The ligate NE countermark occurs on Julius Caesar/ Octavian bronzes from Thessalonica issued by Domitian and thus in all probability stands for Nerva, which is most remarkable considering that the host coin here is a very worn pre-imperial Greek silver coin.

From the BCD collection and ex LHS 96 (2006), 692.1.



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