Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1247. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ELIS, Olympia. 111th-114th Olympiad. 336-324 BC. AR Obol (0.91 g, 10h). Obverse die signed by D-. Head of the nymph Olympia left; Δ below neck / Eagle standing right; FA above. Seltman, Temple p. 103, pl. XII, 17 (same obv. die); BCD Olympia -; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -. Near EF, lightly toned, minor die wear. Great metal for issue. Very rare, none present in the BCD collection.

See BCD Peloponnesos 193 for a hemidrachm by the same engraver, with a nearly identical style of the nymph Olympia.