Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 287. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $2125. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ELIS, Olympia. 134th-143rd Olympiad. Circa 244-208 BC. AR Drachm (4.73 g, 8h). Eagle flying right, tearing at hare held in its talons / Vertical thunderbolt with volutes above, wings below. Schwabacher, Hoard Group II, 11 (same dies); BCD Olympia 238 (this coin). Near EF, dark iridescent toning.

Ex BCD Collection (Leu 90, 10 May 2004), lot 238.