Live auction - bgr_888632 - ELIS - ELIA (OLYMPIA) Statère ou didrachme
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Live starting : Type : Statère ou didrachme
Date: 105e olympiade
Date: c. 360 AC.
Mint name / Town : Élide, Elis, Olympie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 11,75 g.
Rarity : R2
Slab
NGC :
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait de Zeus, quasi SUP, bien venu à la frappe. Joli revers. Patine grise de collection avec de légers reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection Henri Joseph Marie Jules De Nanteuil de la Morville (1876-1941), p. 325, n° 968, pl. LVIII et sous coque NGC VF (Strike 5/5, Surface 2/5). Avec son certificat d'exportation de bien culturel n°244756 délivré par le ministère français de la Culture
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : F-A.
Commentary
Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire de l’ouvrage de Seltman, n° 181, pl. VI. Monnaie frappée pour la 105e Olympiade. Le catalogue de la collection de Nanteuil sous la plume de Jules Florange et de Louis Ciani indique qu’au revers, l’aigle est posé sur la méta de l’hippodrome d’Olympie.
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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