Figure 30

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Tetradrachm coin mined in Ephesus (ca. 25–20 BC).

Obv.: Head of Augustus (r. 27 BC–14 AD). VSTVS

Rev.: The altar of Artemis (Diana) with two deer, animals sacred to Ephesus, facing each other (RPC 1:2215).

Figure 29

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Ephesian coin struck under Nero (AD 54–68). Rev.: four column ionic temple in three-quarter view, likely the Temple of Artemis. It is inscribed with the first occurrence of the term NEOKORwN (neokorōn, “Keeper of the Temple”) on a coin (RPC 2626; Waddington 1620).

Figure 28

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Ephesian Cistophoric Tetradrachm coin. Obv.: The bare head of Claudius (ca. AD 41–54). TI CLAVD CAES AVG. Rev.: DIAN EPHE. The cult statue of Artemis (Diana) of Ephesus within a tetrastyle temple set on a four-tiered base (RPC I 2222; BMC 229; RSC 30).

Figure 27

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Ephesian Greek goddess Artemis (Roman goddess Diana) from the Prytanaeum (city hall) of Ephesus. This statue is known as “the Great Artemis”.

Figure 26

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Artemis, the goddess of hunting, as portrayed in Cyrene (second cent. AD). She was originally holding a bow in her hand. In Ephesus, her statues show her with many breasts or eggs (see Fig. 27).

Figure 25

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This single, remaining column of the original 127, and this foundation, are all that remains of the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Originally it measured 67 meters (220 ft.) wide by 130 meters (425 ft.) long and was 18 meters (60 ft.) high. In the background: Isa Bey Camii, fortress of Ayasoluk and (behind the column) ruins of St. John’s Cathedral.

Figure 24

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Recreation of the Artemision, Temple of Artemis, as it would have looked at Ephesus. This model is at Miniaturk Park, Istanbul, Turkey.