Ephesus Drachma
Greek
Ionia
Asia Minor
202-133 BCE
Silver
Diameter: 18.1 mm
Weight: 4.09 g
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Class of 1962
990.24.27098
Geography
Place Made: Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey, West Asia, Asia
Period
1000 BCE-1 CE
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Bee; E and
Course History
Greek 1.01, Introductory Greek, Alexandra Schultz, Winter 2024
Provenance
Harmer and Rooke Numismatists, Ltd, 1983; Virginia Williamson, 1983-1990; given to present collection, 1990.
Catalogue Raisonne
Grose, Vol. III: p. 118 nos. 8080-8083, pl. 278.13-16; BMC p. 61, pl. XI/4
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