Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 4752 SESSION 14 (4.30pm Thurs 29 July) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $300
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PELOPONNESOS, Elis, Olympia, 131st-132nd Olympiad, (c.mid 250's B.C.), silver hemidrachm, (2.190 grams), obv. Zeus Olympios bearded head crowned with olive wreath to right, rev, F A/A across with eagle standing right, with long legs and spread tail feathers on Ionic column capitol, (cf.S.2900, BCD [Leu 90] 225 and 226 [very similar dies] Seltman Pl.VIII, 30, BMC 138, SNG Delepierre 2198). Lightly toned, very fine and rare, with tickets.
Ex BCD Collection, unlisted in Leu 90 catalogue. The reduced weight hemidrachms were issued in large quantities in this period.
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