The Bees of Artemis (Ephesis)
Lot 3388 SESSION 12 (11.30am Thursday) The Bees of Artemis (Ephesis)
Estimate $150
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SOLD $130
IONIA, Ephesos, (c.late 6th century B.C.), silver drachm, (3.330 grams), obv. bee with tendrils, no border coiled tendrils (volutes) or ethnic, rev. crude incuse square, with a trace of a quadripartite lines (cf.S.3516, BMC -, cf.SNG Von Aulock 1824, Karwiese Group VI Series 1B-15 (p.175 and Plate 3], SNG Turkey 114, Traite -). Nearly very fine and rare.
Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 62 (lot 1899).
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