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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2404907, member: 56859&quot;]Sure!&nbsp; Here they are:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18271/Ephesus_tessera.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>IONIA, Ephesos. 1st-2nd century AD</b></p><p>Æ Tessera (18mm, 2.74 g)</p><p>KHPIΛIC ωΔE ΠPOC ΠAΛVPIN</p><p>Bee</p><p>CKωΠI, recumbent stag; E to left, Φ to right</p><p>BMC 186; SNG Copenhagen 355</p><p><br /></p><p>Head interprets the legend ΠAΛYPIN as related to υρoν, beehive, and ύppις, basket and conflated with πaλιν, bring back. From this, he suggests that the token would have been placed in a jar and shaken to produce a ringing sound, while the magical words were spoken. Thus, the piece would be a magical token, related to the folk tradition of ringing the bees into their hives. Such an explanation is perhaps overly fanciful.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18271/normal_ephesos_tessera_in_silver_mount.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>IONIA, Ephesos. 1st-2nd century AD.</b></p><p>Æ Tessera in contemporary AR mount (23mm, 6.25, 1 h)</p><p>KHPIΛIC ωΔE ΠPOC ΠAΛVPIN</p><p>Bee</p><p>CKωΠI, recumbent stag; E to left, Φ to right</p><p>BMC 186; SNG Copenhagen 355</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>After reading it a few times, I figured this was the case and that the author meant &quot;uninterpretable&quot;. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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