Lot 3389

Description

Ionia, Ephesos, (c.late 6th century B.C.), silver drachm, (3.356 grams), obv. bee with tendrils, coiled tendrils (volutes), no ethnic, dotted border, rev. crude incuse square, with a trace of a quadripartite lines, another (3.450 grams) with reverse of clear quadripartite lines, (cf.S.3516, BMC -, cf.SNG Von Aulock 1824, Karwiese Group VI Series 1B-15 and 6 (p.174-5 and Plate 3], SNG Turkey 114, SNG Sweden I, 461, Traite -). Nearly very fine and rare. (2)

Ex Walter Holt, Sydney.