IONIA. Ephesus. c. 133-88 BC

IONIA. Ephesus. c. 133-88 BC. Year 2(?)= 133/2 BC. AV Stater, 8.54g (24mm, 12h). Draped bust of Artemis to right, wearing stephane, and with bow and quiver over shoulder / Cult statue of the Artemis of Ephesus facing, a fillet hanging from each hand; thymiaterion in inner right field, Ε-Φ across fields References: cf. Head, B.V. "On the Chronological Sequence of the Coins of Ephesus (1880), p.. 69, 8. G. K. Jenkins, Hellenistic Gold Coins of Ephesos, in Festschrift Akurgal, Ankara, 1987, p. 134, pl. B, 6 (BM) = R Fleuscher I, Artemis von Ephesos und der erwandte Kultstatue von Anatolien und Syrien, EPRO 35, 1973, pl. 53b; LIMC II, pl. 565, 23 Grade: Off-center but wide flan. A few areas of roughness on the edges (not ex jewelry however). Struck from worn dies but complete. EF