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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 2795322, member: 15445&quot;]<font size="3"><i><span style="color: #ff0000">Click this image for a real BUZZ:</span></i></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650196[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3"><b>IONIA, Ephesus</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>AR Tetradrachm</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>4th Century B.C.</b></font></p><p><font size="3">14.64 gram, 24 mm</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Obv:</b> Bee with straight wings</font></p><p><font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; E to left and Φ to right.</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Rev:</b> Forepart of stag r. looking l. </font></p><p><font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; with palm tree to left. </font></p><p><font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; ΠАPθENIOΣ to right.</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Grade:</b> EF toned with great strike.</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Other:</b> E-Φ Bee purchased in an NGC slab</font></p><p><font size="3">without detailed attribution. Parthenios may</font></p><p><font size="3">be 350-360 B.C.&nbsp; From private sale 7/17. </font></p><p><font size="3">Ionia is present day Western Turkey. </font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Back in the day, there was no processed sugar or little packs of artificial sweetener.&nbsp; If you wanted something sweet, the bee’s honey could make things more palatable. Also, the bee population helped pollinate crops so that people had something to eat. Bees were very important in ancient times just as they are today.&nbsp; </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3"><font size="4">Please say hello to my new bee coin &amp; post some bees.</font><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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