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Lot 30. Olympia AR Hemidrachm, the 103rd Olympiad
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Bidding closed
(Sunday, June 18th, 19:10:00 CEST)
Current time: Saturday, April 27th, 20:57:13 CEST
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CHF 210.00 (5 bids)
Approx. EUR 214.63 / USD 229.54 / GBP 183.81
Bid history
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CHF 210.00
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Bidder 4 *
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2017-06-18, 19:09:51
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CHF 200.00
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Bidder 3 *
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2017-06-12, 13:11:03
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CHF 200.00
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Bidder 2 *
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2017-06-18, 15:25:43
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CHF 185.00
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Bidder 2 *
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2017-06-18, 15:25:37
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CHF 141.00
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Bidder 1 *
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2017-06-04, 11:10:30
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* User names of other bidders are replaced by Bidder 1, 2, and so on.
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High bidder: |
Bidder 4
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eAuction #56, Lot 30. Estimate: CHF 150.00
Olympia, Hera mint. AR Hemidrachm (14-16 mm, 2.76 g), 368 BC (the 103rd
Olympiad).
Obv. Head of Hera right, wearing stephane bearing the
letters F A Λ E I O N.
Rev. Eagle standing right with wings slightly
raised, looking back.
De Luynes 2258 (same dies); cf. Seltman pl. Xii,
29 (recut in modern times?).
Very
rare. Fine.
From the BCD collection and ex Leu 90 (2004), 117.
Late
in the 103rd Olympiad the Arcadians captured the sanctuary, turning it
over to the Pisatans, under whose auspices the 104th Olympiad took place
in 364. To pay their troops the Arcadians melted down gold dedications
from the sanctuary in order to produce an emergency series of gold
coins, of which only a few genuine examples survive (as BMC p. 76, 1 and
pl. XVI, 8). This so shocked Greek opinion that the Arcadian were
forced to withdraw and the Eleans recovered control of the sanctuary.
Coinage for Olympia resumed in time for the games of 360.
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