The Bees of Artemis (Ephesis)
Lot 3374 SESSION 12 (11.30am Thursday) The Bees of Artemis (Ephesis)
Estimate $120
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $60
IONIA, Ephesos, (c.546 - 500 B.C.), silver quarter obols or 1/48th stater, (0.148, 0.206 grams), obv. bee, curved or straight wings, E and **F* on type V, and that dotted border, rev. eagle head to right with full ethnic **E F*, (S.-, BMC 24, Karwiese Group IV, types II and V, SNG Cop. 211, SNG Turkey 126-9, 134, cf.Traite 1871). Very fine and scarce. (2)
Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 63 (lot 3563) and the second coin from Jean Elsen Sale 56 (lot 193).
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Estimate $120
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