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Æ17 - Dias
| Issuer | Ephesos |
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| Year | 280 BC - 258 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | A stag standing and grazing to the right, rendered in profile with its head lowered toward the ground line. A quiver is depicted above the stag's back in the upper field, serving as an attribute of Artemis, the patron deity of Ephesos. The Greek ethnic legend ΔΙΑΣ is inscribed along the lower portion of the field, identifying the magistrate or issuing authority. The design reflects the standard reverse type employed by Ephesos during the early Hellenistic period, associating the coinage with the cult of Artemis. |
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Ephesos in this period was caught between competing Ptolemaic and Seleucid ambitions for control of the Aegean coast. The city passed into Ptolemaic hands under Ptolemy II Philadelphos around 280 BC, and much of the civic bronze coinage struck during these decades reflects the city's effort to maintain a functional local currency while its political allegiance remained contested. Lindgren III 348 is a relatively obscure attribution, and specimens surface infrequently in trade.