566. IONIA, Ephesos. Mid 6th Century BC. AR 1/12 Stater? (0.97 gm). Gorgoneion; bee in hair / Two patterned irregular incuses. Cf. Aufhäuser 14, lot 143, otherwise unpublished. Toned EF, porous. Fourth known example! ($500) CNG Mail bid sale #58, 18 Sept 2001, lot 566. Lot sold for $700. Used by permission of CNG, www.historicalcoins.com In "Emblems In Archaic Greece", Jeffrey Spier doubts the source of this and similar Gorgoneion coins as being Ephesos.