Hand carved bee coin earrings.
Images of the bee as a symbol appear very early in the development of ancient Greek coinage. In particular, the prosperous city of Ephesus in Ionia (on the Aegean coast of Turkey) adopted the bee as its civic emblem. Ephesus was the location of a famous temple of the goddess Artemis (one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world.) The priestesses were called melissae (honeybees). 
 
- Hand carved coins
- Reproduction of a 350 - 340 BC coin from Ephesus
- Inscription: E-Φ
- Solid jeweler gold bronze coins
- The coins are 15mm
- Soldered eyelet on top
- One sided coins
- 14k gold filled ear wire
- Gold filled has 100 times more gold than plated.
- Nickel free
- Each piece is fired individually thus sizes and colors may vary slightly from the listed pictures.