Herakles - ELEUSIS. AE 12. Triptolemos. BOAR
$106.00 Feb-21-01
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         Attica - Eleusis. 4th - 3rd c. B.C. AE 12 mm. 3.581 grams.
      Obverse: Triptolemos, favourite of Demeter, seated l. in winged
      car drawn by serpents, holding corn-ears. Reverse: Boar standing
     r. on bacchos; beneath, bull's head. SNG C 415. Fine+/Very Fine.

Situated north-west of Athens, Eleusis possessed a 
magnificient temple of Demeter, and gave it's name to the 
famous Eleusinian mysteries, concerned with the cults of 
Demeter and Persephone.