Hand-carved honey bee earrings, museum earrings replica of an ancient coin. 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 yellow bronze is also called jeweler gold bronze
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.
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