Watch List notes:

Ionia, Ephesos Æ Tessera. Circa 1st century AD. Stag lying left, head right, Ε-Φ across fields, CΚOΠΙ in exergue / ΚΗΡΙΛΙΣ ΩΔΕ ΠΡΟΣ ΠΑΛΥΡΙΝ, bee. SNG Copenhagen 355; BMC 186; SNG von Aulock 1875. 5.85g, 20mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

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.