Struck at Ephesos on the Aegean Sea, the following bronze coin has a bee on obverse and a recumbent stag on the reverse. It is worn but quite identifiable. Anonymous, It was probably issued during the first or second century AD. The striking point is the legend on obverse which is, according to many researchers, untranslatable. The legend has a ritual and semiotic meaning like sounds and symbols. The coin was also related to the temple of Artemis in Ephesos. It was used as a health amulet to protect against "evil eye" and particular diseases. It weighs 2.08 g. BMC 186. What's more ? I shall "talk to the Bees"!..
Wonderful coin, congrats!! These are awesome and hard to come by. @TIF did a great writeup on hers five years ago, almost to the day... magic? For those who don't click the link, here's TIF's example:
..very kool Charles! ..and yeah, TIF's coin is kool also SA...haven't seen or heard from her inna while, but she's always omni present round thesehere parts.
Interesting coin @7Calbrey - and I suppose you should keep it to ward off any occurrences of the evil eye here on the boards...
