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bgr_424091 - ELIS - ELIA (OLYMPIA) Hemidrachme

ELIS - ELIA (OLYMPIA) Hemidrachme XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 750.00 €
Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 264-252 AC.
Mint name / Town : Elis, Olympie, Élide
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 2,69 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et irrégulier. Belle tête de Zeus. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine foncée de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Elsen du 7 décembre 2013 et de la collection B. Odaert

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus à droite.

Reverse


Reverse legend : F - A.
Reverse description : Aigle debout à droite sur un chapiteau ionien.

Commentary


Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire de la collection BCD (Leu 90, p. 72, n° 219). 129e à 132e Olympiade.

Historical background


ELIS - ELIA (OLYMPIA)

(IV - III century BC)

Philip II of Macedon posed as protector and champion of the sanctuary. He won the prize in the horse race in 356 BC, the day Alexander was born. Its coinage features Zeus and a horseman recalling his victory. After Alexander, the Games retained great prestige, but the city lost its strategic importance. The Olympic Games were suppressed by Theodosius I in 393 (293rd Olympiad).

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