The Bees of Artemis (Ephesis)
Lot 3423 SESSION 12 (11.30am Thursday) The Bees of Artemis (Ephesis)
Estimate $200
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $240
IONIA, Ephesos, (c.5th - 4th century B.C.), silver hemidrachms, (1.438, 1.230 grams), silver diobol (0.944 grams), silver obols (0.556, 0.504 grams), obv. bee with tendrils and straight wings, curved wings on diobols and obols, **E F* across, rev. broad quadripartite incuse square, (S.4368, -, -, BMC 18-19, -, -, SNG Cop. 207, -, -, SNG Turkey 247, -, -, SNG Finland II, 210, -, -). Some surface roughness and hoard patination, otherwise very good - good fine and all very scarce, the diobols and obols unlisted in major references. (5)
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