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Auction 20 10 Jul 2020
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Ephesos. Mid to later 5th century BC. Drachm (Silver, 14.5 mm, 3.07 g). Ε-Φ Bee with curved wings and straight antennae. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. BMC 17. Cf. SNG Kayhan 2, 244-245. SNG von Aulock -. Attractively toned, with a beautifully struck obverse in high relief, and apparently very rare. Extremely fine.
From the collection of a Swiss collector who bought it in the 1990s from "one of the Turks".This seems to be quite a special piece; in style it comes between those bees with curved wings, curled antennae with no ethnic, and dumpy flans; and those with straight wings, curled antennae with ethnic, and broader flans.
Ephesos. Mid to later 5th century BC. Drachm (Silver, 14.5 mm, 3.07 g). Ε-Φ Bee with curved wings and straight antennae. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. BMC 17. Cf. SNG Kayhan 2, 244-245. SNG von Aulock -. Attractively toned, with a beautifully struck obverse in high relief, and apparently very rare. Extremely fine.
From the collection of a Swiss collector who bought it in the 1990s from "one of the Turks".This seems to be quite a special piece; in style it comes between those bees with curved wings, curled antennae with no ethnic, and dumpy flans; and those with straight wings, curled antennae with ethnic, and broader flans.