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IONIA.
The later bronze issues after circ. B. c. 300 are of ruder style than the
foregoing.
Horseman as above, but dog running
beneath horse.
Seated figure, with chin resting on
hand, and holding scroll; possibly
Homer. Magistrate’s name.
Head of Greek Artemis.
K0AOTON I£1N Apollo Kitharoedos,
standing with lyre and patera in front
of tripod. Magistrates’ names Al -8
KOAOd’D.N IflN Apollo Kitharoedos,
as above, but no tripod . . Al -8
KOAO<t>HNlflN The pilei of the
Dioskuri, surmounted by stars AR -6
Imperial—Nero to Gallienus. Magistrates with title Strategos. Re-
markable types and inscriptions—KAAPIOC, Apollo Klarios seated;
APTEMIC KA API A, Effigy of an Asiatic goddess resembling Artemis
Epliesia ;TO KOlNON IflNflN, The thirteen cities of the Ionian League
standing in a semicircle and offering a bull as a sacrifice before the
temple of Apollo Klarios.
Alliance coins with Pergamum.
Ephesus occupied the rich alluvial plain of the lower Cayster, but it
owed its wealth and renown less to the produce of its soil than to the
illustrious sanctuary of the old Asiatic nature-goddess, whom the Ionian
Greeks (when under Androclus the son of Codrus they effected a settle-
ment in these parts) identified with the Greek Artemis. The Ephesian
goddess is represented as a female figure, the body a mere trunk, with
the feet placed close together. She is many-breasted, and from each of
her outstretched arms hangs a long fillet with tassels at the extremities.
On either side stands a stag raising its head to the goddess for food.
The usual symbols of her worship are the Bee and the Stag, and it is
noteworthy that the high-priest of the temple of the goddess was called
’Eovijp, ‘ the king Bee,’ while the virgin priestesses bore the name of
Melissae, or Bees.
The coinage of Ephesus falls into the following periods :—
Electrum. Sixth century, b. c.
Bee. [B. V. Head, ApAestzs, Pl. I. 1, 2.]
Forepart of stag.
Id. [B. V. Head, I. c., Pl. I. 3, 4.]
Oblong incuse divided into two squares
El. Trite 71 grs.
Rough incuse square El. Hecte 36 grs.
Id El. Hemihecton 18 grs.
The silver coinage, from the sixth century b. C. down to the collapse of
the Athenian supremacy b. c. 415, is not plentiful.
Silver. Phoenician Standard.
E<t>ESION or E<t> Bee.
(B.V. Head, I. c.,Pl. I. 11-14.)
Incuse square, quartered
Al Tetradr. 205 grs.
AR. Drachm 54 grs.
AR | Dr. 28 grs.
AR Diob. 16 grs.
Circ. b. c. 415-394.
In this period Ephesus, which had revolted from Athens after the
Sicilian disasters, and had become subject first to the Persians and then
IONIA.
The later bronze issues after circ. B. c. 300 are of ruder style than the
foregoing.
Horseman as above, but dog running
beneath horse.
Seated figure, with chin resting on
hand, and holding scroll; possibly
Homer. Magistrate’s name.
Head of Greek Artemis.
K0AOTON I£1N Apollo Kitharoedos,
standing with lyre and patera in front
of tripod. Magistrates’ names Al -8
KOAOd’D.N IflN Apollo Kitharoedos,
as above, but no tripod . . Al -8
KOAO<t>HNlflN The pilei of the
Dioskuri, surmounted by stars AR -6
Imperial—Nero to Gallienus. Magistrates with title Strategos. Re-
markable types and inscriptions—KAAPIOC, Apollo Klarios seated;
APTEMIC KA API A, Effigy of an Asiatic goddess resembling Artemis
Epliesia ;TO KOlNON IflNflN, The thirteen cities of the Ionian League
standing in a semicircle and offering a bull as a sacrifice before the
temple of Apollo Klarios.
Alliance coins with Pergamum.
Ephesus occupied the rich alluvial plain of the lower Cayster, but it
owed its wealth and renown less to the produce of its soil than to the
illustrious sanctuary of the old Asiatic nature-goddess, whom the Ionian
Greeks (when under Androclus the son of Codrus they effected a settle-
ment in these parts) identified with the Greek Artemis. The Ephesian
goddess is represented as a female figure, the body a mere trunk, with
the feet placed close together. She is many-breasted, and from each of
her outstretched arms hangs a long fillet with tassels at the extremities.
On either side stands a stag raising its head to the goddess for food.
The usual symbols of her worship are the Bee and the Stag, and it is
noteworthy that the high-priest of the temple of the goddess was called
’Eovijp, ‘ the king Bee,’ while the virgin priestesses bore the name of
Melissae, or Bees.
The coinage of Ephesus falls into the following periods :—
Electrum. Sixth century, b. c.
Bee. [B. V. Head, ApAestzs, Pl. I. 1, 2.]
Forepart of stag.
Id. [B. V. Head, I. c., Pl. I. 3, 4.]
Oblong incuse divided into two squares
El. Trite 71 grs.
Rough incuse square El. Hecte 36 grs.
Id El. Hemihecton 18 grs.
The silver coinage, from the sixth century b. C. down to the collapse of
the Athenian supremacy b. c. 415, is not plentiful.
Silver. Phoenician Standard.
E<t>ESION or E<t> Bee.
(B.V. Head, I. c.,Pl. I. 11-14.)
Incuse square, quartered
Al Tetradr. 205 grs.
AR. Drachm 54 grs.
AR | Dr. 28 grs.
AR Diob. 16 grs.
Circ. b. c. 415-394.
In this period Ephesus, which had revolted from Athens after the
Sicilian disasters, and had become subject first to the Persians and then