Ex Lockett & 1936 Elis Hoard

452, Lot: 299. Estimate $500. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ELIS, Olympia. 134th-143rd Olympiad. Circa 244-208 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.80 g, 5h). Eagle flying right, tearing at hare held in talons / Thunderbolt with double volutes above and wings below; F–A across field. Elis Hoard Group III, 18 (dies 4/16), third example = SNG Lockett 2454 (this coin); BCD Olympia 241 (same dies); HGC 5, 509. Toned. Good VF.

Ex Heritage 3019 (26 April 2012), lot 23123; Stack’s (6 December 1995), lot 133; Richard Cyril Lockett Collection (Greek Part III, 27 May 1959), lot 1969 (part of); 1936 Elis(?) Hoard (IGCH 222).