Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 2246. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ELIS, Olympia. 106th-107th Olympiad. 356-352 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.52 g, 6h). Hera mint. Head of the nymph Olympia right / Eagle standing right, head left, wings folded. BCD Olympia -; BCD Peloponnesos -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; Traité -; SNG Delepierre -; Pozzi -; Weber -; McClean -; SNG Manchester 1104 var. (same rev. die, Hera obv. type). Fine, toned. Apparently unpublished with the head of Olympia.

Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS or Leu sales).

The SNG Manchester coin has the same obverse die as BCD 166, thus linking these two issues, one with the head of Hera, the other with Olympia.