Modern Olympia is a small town in Elis on the Peloponnese peninsula, close to the famous archaeological site of Olympia which features the remains of temples, colonnades, baths, walls and the site of the original Olympic Games.
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| BCD 120 | Olympia, Elis. 105th Olympiad. 360 BC. AR Tritertartemorion or 3/4 Obol (0.65 g, 6h). Head of Zeus right, wearing tainia / F A L within the intervals between T T T arranged in a circular pattern. | Text | Image |
| BCD 179 | Olympia, Elis. 108th-11th Olympiad. 348-240 BC. AR Obol 11mm, 0.86 g. Head of Hera right / Eagle standing right. BCD Olympia 179 var. (Hera wearing stephane); SNG Cop-; BMC -. | Text | Image |
| BCD 213 | Olympia, Elis AR Hemidrachm. ca 270s-260 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Thunderbolt within wreath; A-P-I below. | Text | Image |
| BCD 261 | Olympia, Elis. Time of the 132nd-143rd Olympiad. Ca 252-208 BC. AR Drachm. ca 245/0-210 BC. Eagle flying right, carrying hare in talons / Winged thunderbolt. | Text | Image |
| BCD 292 | Olympia, Elis. AE20, 200-190 BC. 7.33 g. Laureate head of Apollo right. / F-A across fields (Latin F), Zeus striding right, wielding thunderbolt and holding eagle on outstretched arm. ANK (or ANΓ) monogram in lower left field, Σ in lower right field. BCD Olympia 292 (this coin); SNG Cop. 435; Moustaka 178. | Text | Image |
| BCD 294 | Olympia, Elis. AE17, 200-190 BC. 3.78 g. Laureate head of Apollo right. / F-A across fields (Latin F), Zeus striding right, wielding thunderbolt and holding eagle on outstretched arm. HΡ monogram in lower left field, Σ in lower right field. BCD Olympia 294. | Text | Image |
| BCD 295 | Olympia, Elis. AE21, 200-190 BC. 4,45 g. Laureate head of Apollo right. / F-A across fields (Latin F), Zeus striding right, wielding thunderbolt and holding eagle on outstretched arm. HΡ monogram in lower left field, ME monogram in lower right field. SNG Cop. 437; BCD Olympia 295. | Text | Image |
| BCD 306 | Autonomous coinage of Olympia, Elis. Mid-2nd century BC. AE Half-unit. Laureate head of Zeus right / Winged thunderbolt; E-B/C-T across fields; all within wreath. BCD Olympia 306. | Text | Image |
| BMC 48 | Olympia, Elis. AR obol, 396-380 BC. 11 mm, 0.78 g. Head of eagle left. / F-A to left and right of thunderbolt with volutes. (Latin F). BMC 48; BCD Olympia 104; Hoover HGC 469. | Text | Image |
| BMC 49 | Olympia, Elis. AR obol, 396-380 BC. 11 mm, 0.8 g. Head of eagle right. / F-A to left and right of thunderbolt with volutes. (Latin F). BMC 49; BCD Olympia 96-97; Hoover HGC 468. | Text | Image |
| BMC 85 | Olympia, Elis. AR Obol ca 335-348, 0.8 g., 13mm. Laureate head of Zeus right / F-A to left and right of eagle standing left, head right. Seltman, Temple p. 65; BMC Peloponnesus 85. | Text | Image |
| BMC 91 | Olympia, Elis. 368 BC, the 103rd Olympiad. Silver drachm (5.90 gm). F-A, head of Hera right, in pendant earring & stephane ornamented with palmettes with H-R-A inscribed between them / Eagle with spread wings standing left, head reverted. Pozzi 1846 (this coin). Jameson 1240 = Seltman pl. xii, 8. BMC Peloponnesus 91. | Text | Image |
| Delepierre 2228 | Olympia, Elis. AR Drachm, 18 mm, 4.74 g. 245-210 BC. Eagle flying right with hare in its talons. / F–A to right and left of ornate, winged thunderbolt. SNG Delepierre 2228; Seltman 8, 34; BDC 236. | Text | Image |
| Jameson 2510 | Olympia, Elis. Ca. 269-250 BC. Silver stater (12.30 gm). Laureate head of Zeus right / F-A, eagle with closed wings standing right on tail of coiled serpent, control letters A-R (latter retrograde) across field. Jameson 2510 (this coin). | Text | Image |
| McClean 6638 | Olympia, Elis AR Hemidrachm. 4th-3rd century BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle perched right on Corinthian column capital. | Text | Image |
| Schwabacher IV | Olympia, Elis AR Drachm. Late 3rd century BC. Eagle right striking down hare running right / Winged thunderbolt. | Text | Image |
| Seltman 8 | Olympia, Elis, AR 1/2 Stater. c 385-365 BC or later. Head of Hera right, hair in stephanos, F A at sides / Eagle standing left, head turned, dotted border. | Text | Image |
| Seltman 13 | Olympia, Elis AR Stater. 468-452 BC. Eagle flying right, clutching hare / Nike walking right. Seltman 1921, 13. | Text | Image |
| Seltman 22 | Olympia, Elis AR Hemidrachm. Circa 363-323 BC. Head of Hera left / Eagle standing left; fig leaf & grape cluster behind. | Text | Image |
| Seltman 30 | Olympia, Elis, AR Quarter Stater. c 323-271 BC. Head of Zeus right / Eagle standing right on shield, F A at sides, A at lower right. | Text | Image |
| Seltman 30v | Olympia, Elis AR Hemidrachm. ca 260s-250s BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing right, wings closed, on meta. BCD 222, SNG Copenhagen 387. | Text | Image |
| Seltman 32 | Olympia, Elis AR Stater. Circa 460s-450s BC. Eagle flying left, wings spread above, clutching dead hare in its talons / F A, thunderbolt with wings & volutes. Weber 4005. | Text | Image |
| Seltman 60 | Olympia, Elis AR Stater. Circa 450-440 BC. Eagle flying right, wings spread above & below, clutching dead hare in its talons / F A, Nike walking left, holding wreath in her outstretched right hand. BMC 9. | Text | Image |
| Seltman 69e | Olympia, Elis AR Stater. Time of the 82nd-87th Olympiad, ca 452-432 BC. Eagle flying right, clutching dead hare / Nike walking left. BCD 327.3, SNG Copenhagen 358. | Text | Image |
| Seltman 71 | Olympia, Elis, AT Stater. 4th C. BC. FALEI-ON, eagle flying left / F-A, Nike standing right, wings spread. Seltman 1921, 71. | Text | Image |
| Seltman 80 | Olympia, Elis. AR stater. 4th c. BC. Sea eagle flying right, hare in its talons / F-A-L-E, Nike seated left, holding wreath in outstretched left hand, wings spread. Seltman 80. | Text | Image |
| Seltman 91 | Olympia, Elis. AR stater. 4th c. BC. Sea eagle flying right, hare in its talons / F-A, Nike seated right, holding wreath, wings spread. Seltman 91. | Text | Image |
| Seltman 251 | Olympia, Elis AR Stater. Circa 416 BC. Hera mint. Struck during the 91st Olympiad. Head of Hera right, in stephane decorated with palmettes interspersed with the letters H-P-A / F-A across field, fiery thunderbolt interwoven within wreath of olive. BMC 62, SNGCop 381. | Text | Image |
| Seltman 273 | Olympia, Elis AR Stater. 95th Olympiad, ca 400 BC. Hera mint. Head of Hera right, in stephane decorated with palmettes & lilies / F-A across field, fiery thunderbolt interwoven within wreath of olive. BCD 88, Weber 4063. | Text | Image |
| Seltman 277a | Olympia, Elis AR Stater. Circa 392 BC. Hera mint. Struck during the 97th Olympiad. Head of Hera right, in stephane decorated with palmettes; faint Λ in right field / F-A, thunderbolt within olive wreath. BMC 57, SNGCop 381. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| Seltman 314a | Olympia, Elis AR Stater. Circa 352 BC. Hera mint. Struck during the 107th Olympiad. F-A, head of Hera right, in stephane decorated with a palmette & lily / Eagle with open wings standing right within olive wreath. Jameson 1241, BMC 95. | Text | Image |
| Seltman 344 | Olympia, Elis AR Stater. 112th Olympiad, ca 332 BC. Hera mint. Head of Hera right, in stephane / Eagle standing left on oval object; all within olive wreath. BCD 162, SNG Copenhagen 399, McClean 6655, Boston MFA 1219 = Warren 932, Ward 542. | Text | Image |
| Seltman 346v | Olympia, Elis AR Stater. 112th Olympiad, ca 332 BC. Hera mint. Head of Hera right, in stephane / Eagle standing left on oval object; all within olive wreath. BCD 162, SNG Cop 399. | Text | Image |
| Seltman 366 | Olympia, Elis AR Stater. 110th Olympiad, ca 340 BC. Hera mint. Head of Hera left, in stephane / Eagle standing right within olive wreath. BCD 154/155 (obv./rev. dies), SNG Cop 396cf. | Text | Image |
| SNG Berry 806 | Olympia, Elis. Ca. 468 BC. Silver hemidrachm (2.86 gm). Eagle flying right, carrying snake in beak, its body wrapped around eagle's tail / F-A, winged thunderbolt, all in circular incuse. SNG Berry 806 (same obverse die). Cf. SNG Lockett 2388 (same obverse die, but different reverse type). Seltman -. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 420 | Olympia, Elis AR Hemidrachm. Time of the 107th-108th Olympiad, ca 352-348 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing right on Ionic capital; olive leaf to right. Seltman -, BCD 143-144. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 426 | Olympia, Elis. Circa 235-191 BC. AR Drachm. Eagle right tearing at hare held in its talons / F-A flanking winged thunderbolt. SNG Delepierre 2229; Dewing 1902. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 429 | Olympia, Elis. Circa 271-191 BC. AE 21mm (11.46 gm). Head of Hera wearing decorated stephanos / Eagle standing on thunderbolt. | Text | Image |
| Wroth NC 1905, 12 | Olympia, Elis, early 30s BC. AE24 2 Assaria, 9.06 g. Head of Hera left, wearing ornamented stephane / Eagle standing right, wings closed, on thunderbolt; monogram to right. Wroth in NC 1905, p. 335, 12, otherwise unpublished. | Text | Image |
| RPC 307 | Hadrian, AE31 of Olympia, Elis, 24.64 g. AD 134. AYTOKΡATωΡ AΔΡIANO, bare-headed, cuirassed bust right / HΛEI, bearded and laureate head of Zeus Phidias right. RPC III 307; SNG Fitz. 3722; Weil 1; Schultz 502; Franke 37; Amandry 19-21. | Text | Image |
| Entry for Olympia, Elis on the Digital Historia Numorum | |||
