Triton XXI, Lot: 428. Estimate $10000. Sold for $16000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ELIS, Olympia. 107th Olympiad. 352 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 11.95 g, 1h). ‘Zeus’ mint. Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath / Eagle, with closed wings, standing right on Ionic capital; FAΛ-EIΩN around. Seltman, Temple 188 (dies CE/δχ); BCD Olympia 131 (this coin); HGC 5, 373; SNG Copenhagen 386 (same dies); BMC 82 (same obv. die); Boston MFA 1218 = Warren 929 (same obv. die); Gillet 990 (same obv. die); de Sartiges 312 (same obv. die). Good VF, attractively toned, a few light marks under tone on obverse, minor double strike on reverse.

Ex BCD Collection (Leu 90, 10 May 2004), lot 131; Poindessault (18 June 1980), lot 101; Schweizerischer Bankverein 2 (27 October 1977), lot 336; 1975 Atalanti/North of Elis Hoard (CH II, 75).