C. T. Seltman, The Temple Coins of Olympia. Reprinted from “Nomisma” VIII. IX. XI with a Foreword by Sir William Ridgeway (Cambridge 1921), plate VI. 2/2

We rarely do find indications of a specific age in these earlier coins, although it is remarkable that Zeus was depicted in very different fashions in die-related sequences (the obverse dies CD and CE share a common reverse die: δτ) 1/2
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In der Staatlichen Münzsammlung München, zusammen mit den anderen Stücken der Sammlung Arndt.

Similar scenes are also known from the Casa dei Vettii in Pompeii. Photo credit: ancientimes.blogspot.com/2024/04/hous...

A specific Seleucid reference should be seen in the horse head in the left field on the reverse. The legend on the reverse leaves no doubt about Achaeus’ aspirations: this was a coin of King Achaeus (ΑΧΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ).
More info on the coin can be found here
numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1....

The obverse shows a draped and diademed bust of Achaeus, the reverse a depiction of Athena Alkis. The imagery is perhaps influenced by the contemporary silver #coins of Philipp V. of #Macedon (coin shown below from here ikmk.smb.museum/object?id=18... ).

For the coin-type and its date see: numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-...

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