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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3207822, member: 56859&quot;]Since we&#039;re talking about bees, I&#039;m going to buzz in with a few.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>First is a very interesting bronze from Ephesus-- apparently a token of some sort rather than a coin for commerce.&nbsp; The theories about its use are interesting (see the original writeup).</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ephesus-aetessera-gb-rt-ed-jpg.495994/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><b>IONIA, Ephesus. Anoynmous</b></p><p>c. CE 1st century</p><p>Æ tessera, 19mm, 5.14 g</p><p>Obv: CKωΠI, stage kneeling left, head right; E to left, Φ to right</p><p>Rev: KHPIΛICωΔEΠPOCΠAΛVPIN surrounding a bee</p><p>Ref: SNG Copenhagen 355; BMC 186; SNG von Aulock 1875</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-magical-tessera.277808/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-magical-tessera.277808/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-magical-tessera.277808/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A tiny bee as a control mark:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/philipiiidrachm-pendant-jpg.495009/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>KINGS OF MACEDONIA, Philip III Arrhidaios</b></p><p>AR drachm, Sardes; struck c. 322-319/8 BCE</p><p>mounted in 14k pendant</p><p>Obv: head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress</p><p>Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ; Zeus Aetophoros seated left; TI above bee</p><p>Ref: Price P97</p><p><i>Set in a 14k bezel (purchased that way-- I didn&#039;t do it although I happily and frequently wear the pendant)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Not a bee but a bee<i>hive</i>:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/thrace-deultum-philipi-beehive-jpg.411240/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>THRACE, Deultum. Philip I &quot;The Arab&quot;</b></p><p>CE 244-249</p><p>AE16, 3.05 gm</p><p>Obv: PHILIPPVS IMP M I; laureate, draped, cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield</p><p>Rev: C-F P-D in two lines across fields, beehive on a base</p><p>Ref: Varbanov 3041 corr. (rev. description; Varbanov describes the beehive as on a temple, similar to the known type of Philip II, but on this coin it appears to be a simple base or stand)</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-honey-of-a-coin-philip-i-provincial-with-beehive.263409/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-honey-of-a-coin-philip-i-provincial-with-beehive.263409/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-honey-of-a-coin-philip-i-provincial-with-beehive.263409/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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