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100 Francs CFA Olympian Statue of Jupiter
| Issuer | Ivory Coast |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Currency | CFA franc (1960-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 2018 - Proof - 15,000 |
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The Colossus of Rhodes aside, no ancient wonder presented more sculptural ambition than Pheidias's chryselephantine Zeus at Olympia — a seated figure so tall its head nearly grazed the temple ceiling, prompting the ancient joke that if the god stood up, he'd lift the roof off. The original was destroyed in late antiquity, its ivory and gold panels lost entirely. What survives is description alone: Strabo, Pausanias, and a handful of coin reverses from Elis.
Ivory Coast has issued numerous small-format gold pieces in this series targeting the collector market rather than circulation, produced under the CFA franc monetary agreement administered by the BCEAO.