The Bees of Artemis (Ephesis)
Lot 3390 SESSION 12 (11.30am Thursday) The Bees of Artemis (Ephesis)
Estimate $300
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $240
IONIA, Ephesos, (c.late 6th century B.C.), silver drachm, (3.440 grams), obv. bee with tendrils, coiled tendrils (volutes), no ethnic, dotted border, rev. crude incuse square, with a trace of a quadripartite lines, another (3.440 grams) similar with clearer quadripartite lines, (cf.S.3516, BMC -, cf.SNG Von Aulock 1824, Karwiese Group VI Series 1B-15 and 4 (p.174-5 and Plate 3], SNG Turkey 114, SNG Sweden I, 461, Traite -). Very fine and rare. (2)
Ex Walter Holt, Sydney, January 2002.
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