Olympia Stater (Elis, Zeus Mint, 87-88th Olympiad, 432-428 BCE)
Issuing Authority: Elis (Presiding over Olympia)
Date of Issue: 432 or 428 BCE (87th or 88th Olympiad)
Mint: Temple of Zeus at Olympia
Obverse: Eagle standing upright, facing right, gripping serpent in beak as serpent raises head to strike. Engraver's signature ΔΑ in lower field (possibly the signature of the Daedalos of Sikyon) adjacent tail-feathers and right wing. Crab countermark in upper field above eagle.
Reverse: Thunderbolt of Zeus, with burtst of electricity emanating outwards, ethnikos in Elean dialect ϜΑ on either side, short for ϜΑΛΙΣ, "Of Elis".
Weight: 11.52 g
Diameter: 23mm
Axis: 9h
Denomination: Stater
Provenance: Ex Lexington Collection, CNG 97, Lot 145 (2014)
Issuing Authority: Elis (Presiding over Olympia)
Date of Issue: 432 or 428 BCE (87th or 88th Olympiad)
Mint: Temple of Zeus at Olympia
Obverse: Eagle standing upright, facing right, gripping serpent in beak as serpent raises head to strike. Engraver's signature ΔΑ in lower field (possibly the signature of the Daedalos of Sikyon) adjacent tail-feathers and right wing. Crab countermark in upper field above eagle.
Reverse: Thunderbolt of Zeus, with burtst of electricity emanating outwards, ethnikos in Elean dialect ϜΑ on either side, short for ϜΑΛΙΣ, "Of Elis".
Weight: 11.52 g
Diameter: 23mm
Axis: 9h
Denomination: Stater
Provenance: Ex Lexington Collection, CNG 97, Lot 145 (2014)
Issuing Authority: Elis (Presiding over Olympia)
Date of Issue: 432 or 428 BCE (87th or 88th Olympiad)
Mint: Temple of Zeus at Olympia
Obverse: Eagle standing upright, facing right, gripping serpent in beak as serpent raises head to strike. Engraver's signature ΔΑ in lower field (possibly the signature of the Daedalos of Sikyon) adjacent tail-feathers and right wing. Crab countermark in upper field above eagle.
Reverse: Thunderbolt of Zeus, with burtst of electricity emanating outwards, ethnikos in Elean dialect ϜΑ on either side, short for ϜΑΛΙΣ, "Of Elis".
Weight: 11.52 g
Diameter: 23mm
Axis: 9h
Denomination: Stater
Provenance: Ex Lexington Collection, CNG 97, Lot 145 (2014)