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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;romismatist, post: 8322174, member: 44106&quot;]Great writeup, [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER]!</p><p><br /></p><p>It just so happens that this coin came in the mail this week - it&#039;s a hemidrachm of Elis / Olympia and features the nymph Olympia (seller&#039;s pics, as I have not had time to photograph the coin myself yet).</p><p><br /></p><p>This is an interesting type. There only seems to have been one die set for this series as all of the ones I have found share obverse and reverse dies. Perhaps this was because they were only minted for Greek tourist use during the given Olympiad for which it was minted?? I know that [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] has a nice collection of Olympic coins; maybe she and / or others can share their knowledge around these coins and their use in ancient times. I missed out on another Olympian coin a long time ago, and they don&#039;t come along often, so when this one came up, I had to nab it!</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Olympia, ELIS</u></b></p><p>CNG lists mint date at 340-330 BC (111th - 114th Olympiad)</p><p>&quot;Hera&quot; mint</p><p>BCD Olympia (same dies)</p><p>obv: head of nymph Olympia, small &quot;delta&quot; below neck</p><p>rev: eagle standing left, FA behind head; below, grape bunch on vine with leaf to left</p><p>Diameter: 15 mm</p><p>Weight: 2.74 g</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1474364[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1474365[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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