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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2157491, member: 56859&quot;]Hmm.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been ready to unload my Olympia coins but I&#039;m not sure if it is considered an actual &quot;city&quot; or not.</p><p><br /></p><p>Judges, can we get a ruling?&nbsp; Meanwhile, I&#039;ll take the risk.&nbsp; If the ruling is unfavorable, Steve will greatly enjoy payback <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.pe04.com/olympic/trivia/oly001.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><font size="6"><span style="color: #ff0000">OLYMPIA</span></font></b></p><p><b><font size="6"><span style="color: #ff0000"><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_0702cab9a1514373b899ff1679ca33f9.jpg_srb_p_1000_428_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </span></font></b></p><p><b>ELIS, Olympia. <span style="color: #0000ff">87th Olympiad</span>, 432 BCE.</b></p><p>AR hemidrachm, 16 mm, 2.7 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; eagle, with wings displayed above, flying left, holding hare by its back and tearing at it with his beak</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; thunderbolt, with wings above and volutes below, within circular incuse; to right, A.</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; BCD Olympia -; BCD Peloponnesos -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; Traité -; SNG Delepierre -; Pozzi -; Weber -; McClean -. The obverse type, combined with the form of the thunderbolt, with its broad, splayed wings, and the A on the reverse, is most similar to the stater of BCD 50.</p><p><i>ex Frank James Collection </i></p><p><i>ex Classical Numismatic Group Mail Bid Sale 81, 20 May 2009, lot 2216</i></p><p><i>ex BCD Collection (not in LHS or Leu sales) </i></p><p><i>ex Spink 90, 16 March 1992, lot 761 (part of)</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_6c9a61bca59e4495b533b7fcd8b0fad7.jpg_srb_p_1000_494_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>ELIS, Olympia. <span style="color: #0000ff">95th Olympiad</span>, 400 BCE.</b></p><p>AR hemidrachm, 16 mm, 2.6 gm</p><p>Obv: head and neck of eagle right; F below</p><p>Rev: thunderbolt, volutes above, wings below, F-A across fields</p><p>Ref: BCD Olympia 85/84 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 372</p><p><i>ex Frank James Collection </i></p><p><i>ex Classical Numismatic Group 81, May 20, 2009, Lot 2225</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_9d61a2b3f4a7432e8839a335c8accef5.jpg_srb_p_1000_467_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>ELIS, Olympia. <span style="color: #0000ff">103rd Olympiad</span>, 368 BCE</b></p><p>AR drachm, 21 mm, 5.7 gm</p><p>Obv: head of Hera right, wearing pendant earring and stephane ornamented with palmettes with H-R-A inscribed between them, [F-A across fields]</p><p>Rev: eagle with spread wings standing left, head reverted</p><p>Ref: Pozzi 1846 (same dies); Jameson 1240 = Seltman pl. xii, 8 (same dies); BMC 91 (same dies); BCD Olympia 113 (same dies)</p><p><i>ex Frank James Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_f2a55c55ecbf40f99ff1e01a7ccf7669.jpg_srb_p_1000_491_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>ELIS, Olympia. <span style="color: #0000ff">107th-108th Olympiad</span>, 352-348 BCE.</b></p><p>AR hemidrachm, 14 mm, 2.4 gm</p><p>Obv: laureate head of Zeus right</p><p>Rev: eagle standing right, olive leaf before, F-A across fields</p><p>Ref: BCD Olympia 143-44; SNG Copenhagen 420; BMC 84; Dewing 1896; McClean 6637; SNG Delepierre 2158</p><p><i>ex Frank James Collection</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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