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Ephesos, Ionia, 305 - 288 B.C.
In 356 B.C. the temple of Artemis was burned down, according to legend, by a lunatic called Herostratus. Ephesus planned a larger, grander temple and at once started rebuilding. When Alexander the Great defeated the Persian forces at the Battle of Granicus in 334 B.C., the Greek cities of Anatolia were liberated. The pro-Persian tyrant Syrpax and his family were stoned to death, and Alexander was greeted warmly when he entered Ephesus in triumph. When Alexander saw that the temple of Artemis was not yet finished, he proposed to finance it and have his name inscribed on the front. But the Ephesians demurred, saying it was not fitting for one god to build a temple to another.GB89141. Bronze AE 15, cf. Head Ephesus p. 38; BMC Ionia, p. 54, 58 ff.; SNG Cop 247 ff.; SNG Munchen 35 ff. (none with this magistrate), VF, green patina, earthen deposits, porosity, Ephesos (near Selcuk, Turkey) mint, weight 2.284g, maximum diameter 14.7mm, die axis 0o, 305 - 288 B.C.; obverse bee with straight wings seen from above, E-Φ flanking high across field; reverse stag kneeling left, head turned back right, astragalos (sheep or goat knuckle bone used for divination) above, ...ΣANΔΠOΣ (magistrate name) downward on left; SOLD
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