The Bees of Artemis (Ephesis)
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Lot 3372 SESSION 12 (11.30am Thursday) The Bees of Artemis (Ephesis)
Estimate $250
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $170
IONIA, Ephesos, (c.546 or later B.C.), silver obols, (0.530, 0.412, grams) and silver hemiobols, (0.142, 0.160, 0.178, 0.192 grams), obv. bee with tendrils, no border [second hemiobol with border], rev. crude incuse square, several with quadripartite within, (cf.S.3516, BMC -, Karwiese Series III 1-4, 8-14 [p.160-1 and Plate 21], cf.SNG Turkey 115, Traite -). Very good - good fine and rare, all unpublished in standard references. (6)
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