Unpublished Ephesos Didrachm

364, Lot: 489. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 150-140 BC. AR Didrachm (19mm, 5.84 g, 12h). Cistophoric type. Lion skin draped over club; all within ivy wreath / Grape cluster over leaves; ΕΦΕ to lower left; to lower right, Artemis slaying stag right (partially off the flan). Cf. Kleiner & Noe Series 22 for symbol, but not listed for a didrachm. VF, toned, minor roughness. Very rare.