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
Sardis, Lydia in Asia Minor, after 133 BCE
AE [14 mm, 3.66 g, 6h]
Obv: head of Herakles to right, wearing a lion skin, within a circle of dots
Rev: ΣΑΡΔΘ / ΑΝΩΝ; either side of amphora, within wreath.
References: SNG Cop #469
