bgr_527722 - ELIS - ELIA (OLYMPIA) Hemidrachme
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Type : Hemidrachme
Date: (103eOlympiade)
Date: c. 368 AC.
Mint name / Town : Elis, Olympie, Élide
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 2,77 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier bien centré. Usure importante au droit. Joli revers de style fin. Patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection BCD, Leu 90, 10 mai 2004, n° 117 (avec son étiquette)
Obverse
Obverse legend : FAILEION.
Obverse description : Tête d’Héra à droite, coiffée du stéphané timbré de lettres.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à droite, les ailes ouvertes,détournant la tête à gauche.
Commentary
Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire de la collection de Luynes, n° 2258.
Historical background
ELIS - ELIA (OLYMPIA)
(IV - III century BC)
Philip II of Macedon posed as protector and champion of the sanctuary. He won the prize in the horse race in 356 BC, the day Alexander was born. Its coinage features Zeus and a horseman recalling his victory. After Alexander, the Games retained great prestige, but the city lost its strategic importance. The Olympic Games were suppressed by Theodosius I in 393 (293rd Olympiad).
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