Greek
PERSIA. Achaemenid Empire. Time of Artaxerxes III to Darios III. Uncertain mint (Ephesos?), (circa 350-333 BC).
AE Bronze (13mm 2.39g)
Obv: Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance to right, holding spear and drawing bow; BA behind, c/m: eight-rayed star within circular incuse
Rev: Incuse punch with pattern depicting 'map of the hinterland of Ephesos (?)'.
Cf. A. Johnston, 'The earliest preserved Greek map: New Ionian coin type', JHS (1967), 1-4; cf. Traité II 79, pl. LXXXIX, 13
The relief areas of the incuse reverse type found on the reverse of this coin have been interpreted by Johnston (see references) as a relief map depicting the hinterland of Ephesos.