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The Phanes coins are a series of coins issued in seven denominations: stater, 1/3, 1/6, 1/12, 1/24, 1/48, and 1/96 stater. The staters weigh 14.1 grams. All of the coins have the image of a stag or part of a stag on them. [1] The coins were likely struck at Ephesus. [2] The stater and 1/3 stater coins from this series both bear Greek ...
Coins were first made of scraps of metal by hitting a hammer positioned over an anvil. The Chinese produced primarily cast coinage, and this spread to South-East Asia and Japan. Although few non-Chinese cast coins were produced by governments, it was a common practice amongst counterfeiters. Electrum coin from Ephesus, 650-625 BC.
Most of what history recounts of Phanes is from the account of Herodotus in his grand historical text, the Histories. According to Herodotus, Phanes of Halicarnassus was "a resourceful man and a brave fighter" serving Amasis II on matters of state, and was well connected within the Egyptian pharaoh's troops.
List of most expensive coins Price Year Type Grade Issuing country Provenance Firm Date of sale $18,900,000 1933 1933 double eagle: MS-65 CAC United States: King Farouk of Egypt: Sotheby's [1] June 8, 2021 $12,000,000 1794 Flowing Hair dollar: SP-66 CAC United States Neil, Carter Private sale [2] January 24, 2013 $9,360,000 1787 Brasher ...
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Unlike with the other Greek cities of Anatolia, Alyattes always maintained very good relations with Ephesus, to whose ruling dynasty the Mermnads were connected by marriage: Alyattes's great-grandfather had married one of his daughters to the Ephesian tyrant Melas the Elder: Alyattes's grandfather Ardys had married his daughter Lyde to a ...
In a touching Secret Santa exchange captured on TikTok, Mary Kate gifts Giuliana a personalized purse with a special message from her late mother
Roman-era civic coin of Ephesus, showing a bust of Emperor Elagabalus and priding itself of being "alone of all, four times neokoros" (MONΩN AΠΑCΩN TETΡAKI NEΩKOΡΩN) Neokoros ( Ancient Greek : νεωκόρος ), plural neokoroi ( νεωκόροι ), was a sacral office in Ancient Greece associated with the custody of a temple.