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| Issuer | Ephesos |
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| Year | 387 BC - 289 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | A bee depicted facing with outspread, straight wings occupies the central field, rendered in the characteristic style of Ephesian civic coinage. The insect is shown in plan view with clearly delineated body segments and extended wings. Flanking the bee on either side are the Greek letters E and Φ, serving as an abbreviation for ΕΦΕΣΙΩΝ (of the Ephesians). The bee was the principal civic badge of Ephesos and appears consistently across the city's coinage as a symbol of the goddess Artemis and the city's identity. |
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| Mint | Ephesos |
| Mintage | ND (387 BC - 289 BC) |
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