ELIS, Olympia. 96th Olympiad. 396 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 11.82 g, 4h). Eagle standing left, grasping coiled snake with beak and talons; all on round shield with raised rim / Flaming thunderbolt with tendrils above and volutes below; all within incuse circle. Seltman, Temple 165 (dies BV/δη); BCD Olympia 89 var. (form of thunderbolt; same obv. die); HGC 5, 354. Toned, a little off center, roughness and porosity on obverse. Good Fine.
Ex Berk BBS 39 (29 October 1985), lot 82.
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