Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 5276 Session 16 (9.30am Fri 26 Nov) Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $150
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SOLD $80
PELOPONNESOS, Elis, Olympia, (mid 250's B.C.), silver hemidrachm, (2.204 grams), obv. laureate head of Zeus to right, rev. F A/A across with eagle standing right, with long legs and spread tail feathers on Ionic column capital, (cf.S.2900 [p.268, ?85], BCD 225 [p.73 LEU 90, May 10, 2004 similar obverse die], Seltman Pl.VIII, 30, BMC 138, SNG Delepierre 2198). Good fine/fine, scarce.
Ex BCD Collection and from I.S. Wright MBS 28 April 1993 (lot 10026).
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