The Bees of Artemis (Ephesis)
Lot 3477 SESSION 12 (11.30am Thursday) The Bees of Artemis (Ephesis)
Estimate $300
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $260
IONIA, Ephesos, (c.330-320 B.C.), "Cross band" silver drachm, (3.018 grams), obv. bee with tendrils and straight wings, **[E] F* across, rev. broad quadripartite incuse square, **LEWDAMAS* across, (cf.S.4367, noted only for a hemidrachm, [CNG Sale 55, LOT 491] See Coin Hoards IX (Kinns 'Pixodarus Hoard' p.198 [hemidrachm in CNG Auction 55, partial legend, This Magistrate above noted by Kinns in Class G {350-340 B.C.}], BMC -, SNG Cop. -, SNG von Aulock -, SNG Turkey -, cf.SNG Munich 23). Off centred obverse, very fine and extremely rare, unpublished for a drachm.
Ex Mediterranean Coins, Europe August 1999. The CNG example cited above for the hemidrachm realised US$290 in 2000.
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