445, Lot: 138. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 500-420 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 1.05 g). Milesian standard. Bee with (slightly) curved wings and coiled tendrils / Quadripartite incuse square. Karwiese Series VI, 2A; SNG Kayhan 124–5. VF, toned, some porosity.

From the Ealing Collection, purchased from Spink, July 1998.