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Stater of Elis with eagle and serpent
Greek
Early Classical Period
471–452 B.C.
Mint: Elis (Peloponnesos)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 12.5 mm. Weight: 12.40 gm. Die Axis: 8
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number58.700
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 104.
DescriptionObverse: Eagle flying to right, holding snake in beak and claws.
Reverse: Incuse circle, within which thunderbolt with wings, volutes, and flames.
At left and right: F A
Reverse: Incuse circle, within which thunderbolt with wings, volutes, and flames.
At left and right: F A
ProvenanceBy 1958: with AG. Leu & Co., Bahnhofstrasse 32, Zurich, Switzerland and Adolph Hess AG, Haldenstrasse 5, Lucerne, Switzerland (Hess-Leu auction, Hotel Schweizerhof, Lucerne, April 2,1958, lot 180); purchased by MFA from L. Mildenberg, Zurich, Switzerland, September 18, 1958. for $ 325.00