★ Ex BCD and Captain E.G. Spencer-Churchill Collections ★

Elis, Olympia, AR Hemidrachm. 90th Olympiad, 420 BC. Eagle with closed wings, standing to right upon dead hare and tearing at it with its beak; c/m: owl standing left, head facing within incuse circle / Thunderbolt with wings above and volutes below; F-A across fields. 2.89g, 15mm, 5h. Seltman pl. VIII, 15 var. = BMC 30 var.; BCD Olympia 60 (this coin) = HGC 5, 428 (this coin). 2.89g, 15mm, 3h.

Extremely Fine; beautiful old cabinet tone. Extremely Rare.

This coin published in O.D. Hoover, The Handbook of Greek Coins, Vol. 5 - Coins of the Peloponnesos (Lancaster PA, 2011);
From the Long Valley River Collection;
Ex Morton & Eden Ltd., Auction 64, 5 June 2013, lot 57;
Ex BCD Collection, Leu Numismatik AG, Auction 90, 10 May 2004, lot 60;
Ex Adolph Hess AG, Auction 253, 8 March 1983, lot 199;
Ex Captain Edward George Spencer-Churchill (1876-1964) Collection, Ars Classica XIII, 27 June 1928, lot 798.