Lot 4686

Description

Elis, Olympia, stater, electrotype copy by Ready of type (c. mid 430's), (10.22 g), obv. Zeus nude to waist seated left, rev. eagle flying left in incuse square, F A **L* around reversed, R stamped on edge, (Seltman 101a [Pl.III original illustrated of this electrotype in BM colln], BCD 44, cf.Weber 4023), with countermark of Apollo head; another modern copy of type c.471-452 B.C., (12.20 g), obv. eagle flying to right, with snake in beak, rev. Nike descending to left, with open wings and flowing gown, holding wreath, to left F reversed, (Seltman 78, Kraay & Hirmer 494). Both copies very fine - extremely fine, first a copy by Ready, second modern tourist copy. (2)

Ex Noble Numismatics Auction Sale 88 (lot 3469 part) for first coin and I.S. Wright, Sydney, January 22, 2014, for second coin.