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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 8006853, member: 19463&quot;]Ephesos offers a lot of small, cheap and low grade coins for the budget collector.</p><p>This late sixth century tetartemorion shows curved wings and has both a reverse type (eagle head) and two letter legend (unusual on a coin so small).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1389214[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>At about half that size (0.1g, 4.8mm, listed as 1/192 stater, Persic standard???) this one has the same wings and reverse but, if it had a legend, it is gone.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1389215[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This &#039;massive&#039; 1.0g diobol has two stag heads (a mark of denomination?)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1389216[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>trihemiobol 9mm 0.8g 4th century</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1389217[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Later the drachm style followed Alexander but the Ephesos mint retained the bee under the chair.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1389218[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>AE12 280-258 BC</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1389220[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>AE14 2.9g adds a tiny countermark (top at 7 o&#039;clock) which strikes me as a bee in flight.&nbsp; Meaning?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1389221[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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