ANCIENT COINS. GREEK COINS. Ionia, Ephesos (c.133-88 B.C.), Gold Stater, 8.35g, 2h.Draped bust of Artemis facing to right, wearing a stephane and a pendant earring, a bow and quiver across her far shoulder. Rev. EΦ-E-ΣI-ΩN, filleted cult-statue of Artemis Ephesia, flanked by a stag on left, and a bee on right, a star in the upper left field (B.V. Head, 'On the Chronological Sequence of the Coins of Ephesus', London 1880, cf pl. 9, 2).Very fine.Very rare. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts Inc, Auction XVI, New York, 2 December 1985, lot 202 Ex Prospero Collection, The New York Sale XXVII, 4 January 2012, lot 505
Author: Ionia, Ephesos | Date: c.133-88 B.C.
