Ancient Coins

Elis, Elis, Olympia, Stater, c. late 450s, eagle flying right with wings above and below his body, grasping snake with his talons and his beak, four countermarks around, rev. thunderbolt with wings above and volutes below, 11.81g/11h (Seltman 43b, this coin). Very fine and attractively toned, very rare (£1,500-2,000)

Provenance:
J.R. McLean Collection, Sotheby Auction, 21 April 1909, lot 105
‘Late Foreign Ambassador’ Collection, Glendining Auction, 7-8 March 1957, lot 207
Spink Auction 32, 30 November-1 December 1983, lot 46
B.C. Demetriadi Collection, Leu Auktion 90 (Zurich), 10 May 2004, lot 28