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Live auction - bgr_567544 - ELIS - ELIA (OLYMPIA) Drachme

ELIS - ELIA (OLYMPIA) Drachme XF/AU
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Estimate : 650 €
Price : 395 €
Maximum bid : 395 €
End of the sale : 10 March 2020 14:16:13
bidders : 4 bidders
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 245/240 - 210 AC.
Mint name / Town : Élide, Elis, Olympie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 4,59 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan idéalement centré. Joli revers, bien détaillé. Agréable représentation du droit à l’usure régulière. Patine grise avec des reflets bleutés et dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant du stock d’Alain Weil (1981)

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Aigle volant à droite, tenant un lièvre dans ses serres.

Reverse


Reverse legend : F - A.
Reverse description : Foudre ailé, richement décoré.

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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