The Bees of Artemis (Ephesis)
Lot 3426 SESSION 12 (11.30am Thursday) The Bees of Artemis (Ephesis)
Estimate $500
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IONIA, Ephesus, (394-387 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.42 grams), issue 405-390 B.C. (Kinns chronology), obv. bee with curved wings dividing E - **F*, rev. forepart of kneeling stag to right, looking back, palm tree behind, to right magistrate's name **DHMHTR[IOS]* (Demetrios) (cf.S.4371, Kinns CH IX, Hecatomnus Hoard No. 33 [this magistrate, obv. new die], magistrate noted in Munsterberg). Unusually heavy of rather crude style and possibly a contemporary copy, otherwise good fine and very rare.
Ex Gerhard Hirsch, February, 2002, Sale 219 (illustrated).
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IONIA, Ephesus, (394-387 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.42 grams), issue 405-390 B.C. (Kinns chronology), obv. bee ...
Estimate $500
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IONIA, Ephesus, (394-387 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (14.29 grams), issue 405-390 B.C. (Kinns chronology), obv. bee ...
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Lot 3428
IONIA, Ephesus, (394-387 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (15.24 grams), issue 405-390 B.C. (Kinns chronology), obv. bee ...
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