★ Map of Ephesos(?) ★

ACHAEMENID EMPIRE. Time of Artaxerxes III to Darios III (Circa 350-333 BC). Tetradrachm. Uncertain mint in Western Asia Minor.

Obv: Persian king in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow.
Rev: Incuse relief map of the hinterland of Ephesos(?).

Johnston, Earliest, 5-17; Mildenberg, Münzwesen, 110; BMC Ionia p. 324, 3 & 6.

Very rare

The interpretation of the reverse of this coin is still debated; it may represent the earliest known map of a Greek city

Condition: Very fine.

Weight: 14.96 g.
Diameter: 24 mm.