Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 2212. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ELIS, Olympia. 78th-80th Olympiad. 468-460 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.88 g, 11h). Eagle flying left, holding serpent in its beak and talons; c/m to right: triskeles within incuse / Thunderbolt, with wings above and volutes below, within circular incuse. BCD Olympia 12 (same obv. die). Fine, toned, a few spots of encrustation, two banker’s marks on upper wing. Very rare.

Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS or Leu sales); Robert L. Grover Collection (Superior, 11 June 1986), lot 1643 (part of).