Lot 3392

Description

Ionia, Ephesos, (c.late 6th century B.C.), silver drachms, (3.282, 3.614 grams), obv. bee, coiled tendrils (volutes), no ethnic, dotted border, rev. crude incuse square, with a trace of a quadripartite lines, another (3.300 grams) similar with clearer quadripartite lines, (cf.S.3516, BMC -, cf.SNG Von Aulock 1824, Karwiese Group VI Series 1B-15, 17 and 4 (p.174-5 and Plate 3], SNG Turkey 114, SNG Sweden I, 461, Traite -). Very fine and rare. (3)

Ex Mediterranean Coins, Europe for first and last coins, August 1999, and May 2000.