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Lot 4944    SESSION 16 - 9.30AM FRIDAY 16 APRIL    Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Estimate $350
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $400

PELOPONNESOS, Elis, Olympia, 107th-108th Olympiad, (c.352-348 B.C.), silver hemidrachm, (2.44 grams), obv. Zeus Olympios bearded head crowned with olive wreath to right, rev, eagle with closed wings standing right on Ionic capital, across F A, (S.2895 [Å“150], BCD [Leu 90] 139 [p.58, same dies], BMC 83, SNG Lockett 2414). Toned, nearly very fine and rare with tickets.

Ex BCD Collection, unlisted in Leu 90 catalogue, previously from Pegasi Numismatics, Sale, No.94, 2nd August 1995 (lot 85). The issue was extensive coming with 9 obverse dies and 14 reverse dies. The head of Zeus Olympios on this coin has as model the head of the famous statue of Zeus Olympios by the master sculptor Phidias.

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