The Bees of Artemis (Ephesis)
Lot 3473 SESSION 12 (11.30am Thursday) The Bees of Artemis (Ephesis)
Estimate $300
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $240
IONIA, Ephesos, (c.330-320 B.C.), "Cross band" silver drachm, (3.028 grams), obv. bee with tendrils and straight wings, **E F* across, rev. broad quadripartite incuse square, ANTIA*LKIDA[S] across, (cf.S.4367, See Coin Hoards IX (Kinns 'Pixodarus Hoard' p.204 [for magistrate in Group G), cf.BMC 20, SNG Cop. -, SNG von Aulock -, SNG Turkey -, cf.SNG Munich 23). Some minor surface roughness, otherwise very fine and extremely rare apparently unpublished.
Ex Mediterranean Coins, Europe August 1999. This Magistrate not noted by Kinns in the "Cross-band" series but noted for tetradrachms in Kinns Class G (noted as 350-340 B.C.).
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