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Ionia, Ephesus, AR Tetartemorion, Bee Crawling Left, Ridiculously Rare!

AR; 7mm/0.2gm        Struck ca. Mid-6th century BC!

Con/ Minor porosity, otherwise, Good Very Fine. 

Obv/ Bee crawling left as seen from the side.

Rev/ Punched quadripartite incuse square.

Ref/ Sear 3514 var; BMC 5 var: Head 8 var 

Seller's Note/ What makes this coin so rare? It is because ALL bees seen on Ephesus issues are seen from above. Ours is the only issue ever struck with the bee seen from the side. None found on V-Coins and only one example found on WildWinds and ours is much, much better. WOW!