Seltman Plate Coin

CNG 106, Lot: 285. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2660. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ELIS, Olympia. 108th Olympiad. 348 BC. AR Stater (23.5mm, 12.06 g, 1h). Hera mint. Head of Hera right, wearing stephanos ornamented with palmette and lily, and single pendant earring; F-A flanking neck / Eagle, with closed wings, standing left within olive wreath. Seltman, Temple 324a (dies EZ/ιη – this coin, reverse illustrated); BCD Olympia 149 (same rev. die); HGC 5, 380 (same dies as illustration); McClean 6653 = Consul Weber 1938 (same rev. die); Pozzi 1858 (same dies). VF, old collection tone, area of flat strike, some die wear on obverse.

From the RAJ Collection, purchased from F. Shore, 1998. Ex Leu 71 (24 October 1997), lot 182; Anderson Collection (cited by Seltman).