Lot 3484

Description

Ionia, Ephesos, (c.330-320 B.C.), "Cross band" silver hemidrachms, (3), (1.586, 1.492, 1.522 grams), obv. bee with tendrils and straight wings, **E F* across, dotted border, rev. broad quadripartite incuse square, first trace of **DIODWRID*, second **[C]ELLWN* (illustrated) and third maybe **[KORULAS]*?, (cf.S.4367, noted for hemidrachms for first and last, See Coin Hoards IX (Kinns 'Pixodarus Hoard' p.197-8, BMC -, cf.SNG Cop. 253 [second coin on a bee/stag tetradrachm], SNG von Aulock -, SNG Turkey -, SNG Munich 24 [first coin], third noted in various collections). Fine - nearly extremely fine and all very rare, last unpublished for a hemidrachm. (3)