CNG 85, Lot: 375. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ELIS, Olympia. 106th Olympiad. 356 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 11.77 g, 3h). Hera mint. Head of Hera right, wearing sphendone / Eagle standing left, head right, within olive wreath. Seltman, Temple 313 var. (dies EX/- [unlisted rev. die]); BCD Olympia 130 (same obv. die); SNG Delepierre 2168 (same obv. die). VF, lightly toned.

Though not a new obverse type for the Hera mint, the head of Hera on Seltman’s die EX is a differing rendition from previous issues in that it “is clearly influenced by the heads of the nymph Olympia.” Absent is the stephanos of Hera, replaced with the sphendone of the nymph, paralleling the change which took place at the Zeus mint as well.