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bgr_693359 - ELIS - ELIA (OLYMPIA) Statère ou didrachme

ELIS - ELIA (OLYMPIA) Statère ou didrachme AU
4 500.00 €(Approx. 4815.00$ | 3870.00£)
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Type : Statère ou didrachme
Date: 103e olympiade
Date: c. 332 AC.
Mint name / Town : Élide, Elis, Olympie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 11,78 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée présentant un fine usure superficielle. Joli portrait d’Héra avec l’inscription bien lisible sur le stéphané. Patine grise de collection
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Avec son certificat d’exportation n°225174 délivré par le Ministère français de la Culture

Obverse


Obverse description : Tête d'Héra à droite portant le stéphané .
Obverse legend : FALEIWN.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Aigle déployant les ailes, debout à gauche, tournant la tête à droite dans une couronne d’olivier.

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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