The Bees of Artemis (Ephesis)
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Lot 3558 SESSION 12 (11.30am Thursday) The Bees of Artemis (Ephesis)
Estimate $100
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $60
PHOENICIA, Arados, (c.2nd century B.C.), silver drachm, (3.532 grams), struck q = year 90 = 170-169 B.C., obv. bee,in field to left and right q RE, rev. stag standing to right, palm-tree in background to right **ARADIWN*, (cf.S.5989, BMC 151, cf.P. Kinns "Drachms of Ephesus" Num. Chron. 1999 No.4.29-33); another (3.326 grams), dated 157-156 B.C., (BMC 160); another (3.020 grams) a cast copy of year 160-159 B.C. but I**D* rather than **DI*. All with porosity and corrosion, otherwise very good - fine. (3)
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