Watch List notes:

Ionia, Ephesos Æ Tessera. Circa 1st century AD. Stag lying left, head right, Ε-Φ across fields, CΚѠΠΙ in exergue / Bee, ΚΗΡΙΛΙΣ ΩΔΕ ΠΡΟΣ ΠΑΛΥΡΙΝ around. SNG Copenhagen 355; BMC 186; SNG von Aulock 1875. 4.05g, 18mm, 12h.

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