Bronze coin from Ephesus, lonia, 4th-3rd Century BC I finally found an Ephesus Bee! This has been one of my dream coins for a while - it's not silver, but I'm ok with that! I have a soft spot for small bronze coins anyways. This type of coin has become incredibly popular over the last few years. Understandable, it's a truly lovely design! Reverse: E-Φ, Bee with straight wings Obverse: Turreted female head left (I think!)
Very nice and congratulations on realizing a dream. One of the suites in my collection is coins with bees and/or beehives. The suite consists primarily of Conder tokens and Civil War tokens but there are also some beautiful French Jetons and a silver Ephesus Bee with a stag on the reverse. It's one my favorite coins. Again, congratulations.
Not quite as ancient (I don't have any of the little "bee" bronzes anymore), but following along with the "Ephesus" theme...
Cool. I don't have any of these but I seem to recall Alex Malloy having a quantity in his catalog, back in the 90's.
That's a stunner! I got to handle a similar coin at Baldwins a while back. Ephesus knew how to make a nice coin.
I am a Beekeeper, trained in NC where the mountain flowers make for fantastic honey! I grew up in the Midwest where we thought clover honey was good... The mountain flowers are incredible for honey. Bee with 2 opposing stags: Iona-Ephesos AR Obol Bee opposing stag heads 340 BCE Seaby Bee with Magistrate name Iona-Ephesos AR Hemi-Drachm-TriObol Bee - Incuse Sq TIMESIANAX 335-320 BCE Seaby 4368
I used to live in Black Mountain, NC, where the local sourwood honey was a big deal. So much so, in fact, that Black Mountain has an annual Sourwood Festival centered around it.
I was once a beekeeper and when we overwintered NY hives in SC we always placed some hives in the Francis Marion Forest just for the Tupelo honey. In my cupboards I have some honey from Pitcairn Island.
Very nice Bee! I'm not big on ancients.. only have a few low grade examples, but one of the lil Bee's have been on my want list for some time.. just have yet to find one I like for the price lol I've seen a few posted here and they have caught my interest now you got me thinkin about em again (why do I know this is gonna cost me lol)
Agreed! Very much enjoyed the W-S area. Could be in the mountains or the coast within a few hours. Also spent 10 years in TN, a few years in AR, and a few years in FL. Gotta real reckoning when I moved to northern WI…lol a bit “chilly” in their winters. Experienced a -50 below temp, which is about the same temp in F and C thermometers.
