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Æ15 - Eupolis
| Issuer | Ephesos |
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| Year | 190 BC - 150 BC |
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| Reference(s) | SNG Copenhagen#268 |
| Obverse description | Bee depicted facing, with detailed wings spread to either side and segmented body rendered in low relief, set within a plain circular field. The ethnic abbreviation E-Φ (for Ephesos) flanks the bee to left and right respectively, a hallmark device of Ephesian civic coinage. A small palm frond or floral ornament appears to the right of the bee. The style is characteristic of Hellenistic Asia Minor bronze coinage of the second century BC. |
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| Obverse lettering | E-Φ (Translation: Ephesus) |
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Ephesos maintained active bronze production through the second century BC largely because of its position as the dominant commercial port on the Aegean coast of Asia Minor — civic small bronzes like this one circulated within the city's busy market economy rather than across long distances. The city was nominally under Attalid suzerainty for much of this period following Rome's settlement after Magnesia in 188 BC, though it retained considerable administrative autonomy including control of its own mint.
The magistrate name Eupolis appearing on this issue helps anchor it within a sequence of named civic bronzes catalogued through SNG Copenhagen, though the precise chronological ordering of Ephesian magistrate series from this century remains contested among specialists.