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Lot 3967    SESSION 16 (9.30AM FRIDAY 31ST MARCH)    Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Estimate $400
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $240

PELOPONNESOS, Elis, (Olympia), silver hemidrachm, (c.510-471 B.C. Seltman chronology) or (440s - 430s B.C. BCD chronology), (2.80 g), obv. eagle flying right, wings outstretched, carrying a captured hare in its beak and talons; two countermarks below eagle, rev: F - A above and either side of the winged thunderbolt (bundle of lightning) in a recessed square area, (cf.S.2863, cf.BCD 42 [Leu Numismatik 90, May 10, 2004 [similar dies], SNG Berry 825, SNG Cop. 362, Seltman -). No other examples published from the same dies, toned, very fine and extremely rare.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XIII, January 5, 2010 [lot 2174 part], originally from a private purchase from the BCD Collection by CNG, previously from Frank Kovacs at Chicago International Coin Fair in March 1981. Originally coming from the old stock of Jacob Hirsch with his ticket indicating that the coin comes from the Professor Rhousopolous Collection. His original collection sold in 1905 others to Hirsch sometime after that sale with descriptive ticket, and probably unique for these dies. Lot includes all relevant BCD and Hirsch ticket with their numbers.

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