Ephesus, Ionia in Asia Minor, 4th-3rd Century BCE
AE [10 mm, 1.46 g, 12 h]
Obverse: Female head left (maybe Artemis or city tyche)
Reverse: Ε-Φ either side of bee with straight wings
BMC 68ff
Coin from the city of the Temple of Diana and site of one of the earliest Christian Churches in Asia Minor
Ephesus, Ionia in Asia Minor, 375-325 BCE
AE [11 mm, 1.25 g, 12 h]
Obverse: Female head left (maybe Artemis or city tyche)
Reverse: Ε-Φ either side of bee.
References: SNG von Aulock 1839; SNG Copenhagen 256; BMC 68
A beautiful tiny coin from the city of the Temple of Diana and site of one of the earliest Christian Churches in Asia Minor
