The Bees of Artemis (Ephesis)
Lot 3438 SESSION 12 (11.30am Thursday) The Bees of Artemis (Ephesis)
Estimate $160
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $130
IONIA, Ephesos, (c.390 - 380 B.C.), silver trihemiobols, (0.734, 0.762 grams), obv. bee, straight wings, trace of E and **F* with no border, rev. stag forepart to right, head to left with some ethnic **E F* above, (S.4376, BMC 54 [p.53], SNG Cop. 241, SNG Turkey 190-192, Traite 1889). Fine - very fine, both slightly off centred, scarce. (2)
Ex Walter Holt, Sydney, January 2000 for the first coin, Jean Elsen, Sale 62, July 2000 (lot 202) for the second coin.
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