ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Drachm of Ephesos
Place CreatedEphesus, Turkey, Asia
CultureGreek, Attalid
PeriodHellenistic
Dateca. 202-133 BCE
MediumSilver
Credit LineGift of H. Burke Nicholson, Jr.
Dimensions5/8 x 5/8 in., 0.14 oz (1.6 x 1.6 cm, 4.1 g)
Object number2005.078.006
Label TextObverse: Bee, flanked by characters E and ΦReverse: ΠOΛYAINOΣ inscribed vertically in right field, with figure of stag standing right, palm tree in background
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - June 2008
MCCM Permanent Collection Installation, September 29, 2014 - August 2020
Published ReferencesMCCM Newsletter, September - October 2004.
MCCM Newsletter, December 2007 - February 2008.
ProvenanceEx coll. Hammond Burke Nicholson, Jr. (1917-2007), Atlanta, Georgia, purchased from Spink & Son, Ltd., London, England.
Status
Not on viewCollections
- Greek and Roman Art
ca. 221-204 BCE
316-315 BCE
ca. 350-300 BCE
340-335 BCE
963-969 CE
C. 200-100 BCE
ca. 370-330 BCE
582-641 CE
ca. 221-204 BCE
78-77 BCE
221-187 BCE
