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Hemidrachm of Ephesos with bee, struck under Sattion
Greek
Classical Period
415–394 B.C.
Mint: Ionia, Ephesos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 12 mm. Weight: 1.64 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1136
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1822.
DescriptionObverse: Bee seen from above.
Inscription in Greek each side of head.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Broad diameter lines across incuse.
Inscription in Greek on one line.
Inscription in Greek each side of head.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Broad diameter lines across incuse.
Inscription in Greek on one line.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, September, 1904
Not listed as Greenwell by Regling.
Not listed as Greenwell by Regling.