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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 8006131, member: 56859&quot;]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Yep, those are some perplexing bees. Ephesean engravers definitely gained skill over the next few centuries.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a bee on a very interesting tessera of Ephesus:</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>Not insects but definitely a creepy-crawly (scorpions):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_8a4184af6d4e4930bf30d77d1bcf4fb3.jpg_srb_p_800_447_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>CARIA, Mylasa</b></p><p>450-400 BCE</p><p>AR hemiobol, 7 x 9 mm, 0.5 gm</p><p>Obv: facing forepart of lion</p><p>Rev: scorpion within incuse square</p><p>Ref: SNG von Aulock 7803; Klein 429 (Milet)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_371c0ca717d345eb9ea07d838a2e224b.jpg_srb_p_1000_518_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb&amp;hash=f44858b5f459e4432be5b7127b7d50d5" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>HADRIAN. CE 117-138</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 18 mm, 3.53 gm. struck CE 134-138, Rome</p><p>Obv: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate head right</p><p>Rev: AFRICA, Africa with elephant skin headdress, reclining on rock, holding scorpion and cornucopia, basket of fruit before her</p><p>Ref: RIC II 299[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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