Lot 3476

Description

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 Good very fine and extremely rare, unpublished for a drachm.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.