The Bees of Artemis (Ephesis)
Lot 3402 SESSION 12 (11.30am Thursday) The Bees of Artemis (Ephesis)
Estimate $250
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SOLD $180
IONIA, Ephesos, (c.500-480 B.C.), silver drachm, (3.240, 3.166, grams), obv. bee with tendrils, coiled tendrils (volutes), no ethnic, dotted border, rev. crude incuse square, with a clearer quadripartite lines, another a diobol similar (1.106 grams), (cf.S.3516, BMC -, cf.SNG Von Aulock 1824, Karwiese Group VI Series 2A and 2B (p.176-8 and Plate 3], SNG Turkey 120, 122, 124, SNG Cop. 208-9, Traite 1866). First with dumpy flan, second with broad flan, fine or better and scarce. (3)
Ex Walter Holt, Sydney, January 2002.
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