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New Add to Cart Peloponnesos, Elis(Olympia)
AR Drachm, 4.88g. 18mm. c.244-208 B.C. Eagle flying to right grasping hare. Rev. Winged gorgon head within center of thunderbolt. Schwabacher Group IV,42(dies). BCD Olympia 266(this coin). This is a very rare and unusual type with the gorgon within the thunderolt. This example was the sole piece appearing in the extensive published BCD collection of Olympia. It also appears to be the only use of a gorgon on the coinage of Olympia. Provenance/Pedigree: good Very Fine/Extremely Fine $7,000. |
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