Watch List notes:

Ionia, Ephesos Æ Tessera. Circa 1st century AD. Stag kneeling left, head right, Ε-Φ across fields, CΚωΠΙ below / Bee. SNG Copenhagen 355; BMC 186; SNG von Aulock 1875. 2.75g, 17mm, 1h.

Good Very Fine. Scarce.

During the Hellenistic period and throughout the 1rst century AD, a series of tesserae were made at the cult centre of Ephesos. The legend remains an enigma and its meaning is uncertain.