Ionia, Ephesos Æ Tessera. Circa 1st century AD. Stag lying to left, head to right, Ε-Φ across fields, CΚѠΠΙ in exergue / ΚΗΡΙΛΙΣ ѠΔΕ ΠΡΟΣ ΠΑΛΥΡΙΝ, bee. SNG Copenhagen 355; BMC 186; SNG von Aulock 1875. 5.85g, 20mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine; a superb example.
Acquired from Papillon Numismatic.
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.