2023 HONEY BEE – EPHESOS; 0.5 g Gold Coin

Description

Metal                    Gold

Purity                   0.9999 (99.99%)

Weight                 0.5 g

Diameter              11 mm

Attributes            Silk Finish

Mintage               15000

Packaging            Capsule and CoA

Ancient cities chose symbols for their coinage that represented the founding mythology, a pun on the city’s name, a characteristic feature of the economy or the city’s devotion to a particular deity. Ephesos, a Greek city on the west coast of present-day Turkey, used to be an important center of worship for the Greek goddess, Artemis. The motifs on the city’s coins, such as the bee, reflect this fact very clearly. Allegedly, the association between the bee and the goddess was so strong that the priestesses of Artemis were called “honey bees.”