Obverse Die Signed by Polykaon

277, Lot: 48. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ELIS, Olympia. 97th-100th Olympiad. 392-380 BC. AR Hemidrachm (15mm, 2.87 g, 2h). Obverse die signed by Polykaon. Head and neck of eagle right; ΠO below / Thunderbolt, with volutes above and wings below, within wreath. BCD Olympia 95 (same rev. die); HGC 5, 433. Good Fine, toned. Very rare.

Ex BCD Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 81, 20 May 2009), lot 2232; Glendining’s (6 December 1979), lot 158 (part of).