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Live auction - bgr_1033608 - ELIS - ELIA (OLYMPIA) Statère ou didrachme

ELIS - ELIA (OLYMPIA) Statère ou didrachme AU
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Estimate : 2 800 €
Price : 9 600 €
Maximum bid : 9 600 €
End of the sale : 23 September 2025 14:16:48
bidders : 8 bidders
Type : Statère ou didrachme
Date: c. 416 AC.
Mint name / Town : Elis, Olympie, Élide
Metal : silver
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 12,24 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Très belle monnaie sur un flan très légèrement décentré des deux côtés. Quasi SUP. Portrait d’Héra bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la coll de G. Philipsen , J. Hirsch XXV, 29 novembre 1908, n° 1268, de la collection d’Alberto Sangorski (c. 1925) de la coll. du Capitaine E. G. Spencer Churchill, Christies’s, 7 décembre 1965, n° 113, de la coll. R. Abecassis, Leu 33, 3 mai 1983, ° 331, de la coll. BCD, Leu 90, 10 mai 2004, n° 69, de la coll. Baron Lorne Thyssen-Bornemiza & Dr. Thomas S. Kaplan, NGSA 9, du 14 décembre 2015, n° 53

Obverse


Obverse description : Tête d'Héra à droite, coiffée d'un stéphanos orné de palmettes avec boucles d'oreilles.
Obverse legend : H-R-A
Obverse translation : (Héra).

Reverse


Reverse legend : F - A.
Reverse description : Foudre enflammé dans une couronne formée de volutes.

Historical background


ELIS - ELIA (OLYMPIA)

(421-402 BC)

The coinage of the Eleans was not minted at Elis itself, but rather in conjunction with the Olympiads which had been held every four years since 776 BC. The coinage would not begin until 500 BC. of Olympia was in the territory of the city of Elis. Zeus was worshiped in the sanctuary. A chryselephantine statue of the god, sculpted by Phidias, decorated the temple dedicated to him. The Olympic Games were suppressed by Theodosius I in 393 (293rd Olympiad).

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