The Bees of Artemis (Ephesis)
Lot 3476 SESSION 12 (11.30am Thursday) The Bees of Artemis (Ephesis)
Estimate $300
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $640
IONIA, Ephesos, (c.330-320 B.C.), "Cross band" silver drachm, (3.070 grams), obv. bee with tendrils and straight wings, **E [F]* across, rev. broad quadripartite incuse square, **[K]LEIDHMOS* across, (cf.S.4367, noted only for a hemidrachm, See Coin Hoards IX (Kinns 'Pixodarus Hoard' p.197 [hemidrachm in ANS Collection], BMC -, SNG Cop. -, SNG von Aulock -, SNG Turkey -, cf.SNG Munich 23). Good very fine and extremely rare, unpublished for a drachm.
Ex Mediterranean Coins, Europe August 1999.
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