Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 2255. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $420. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ELIS, Olympia. 111th Olympiad. 336 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.33 g, 9h). Laureate head of Zeus left / Eagle standing right on tail of serpent coiled before him. BCD Olympia 157 (same dies). VF, toned, a few scratches, ragged edge. Very rare.

Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS or Leu sales), purchased from F. Sternberg, April 1982.