Details
LOT 3171
Ionia, Ephesos AR Diobol. Circa 390-330 BC.
Bee / Two stag's heads facing one another; ΕΦ above. SNG Kayhan 194-207; SNG Copenhagen 243. Near Very Fine.(0.95gr, 10mm, 1h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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