Ephesos in Ionia, 205-217 AD., Caracalla, Æ 18, BMC 280.

Ephesos in Ionia, Caracalla, struck 205-217 AD.,
Hemiassarion(?) / Æ 18 (17-18 mm / 2,69 g),
Obv.: M AVP AN - TΩNЄINOC , his laureate bust facing right.
Rev.: ЄΦЄ / CIΩN , boar running right, with spear in its side.
Sear GIC 2545 ; BMC p. 87, 280 ; SNG München 167 ; SNG Cop. 424 .

Das Bild weist auf den Gründungsmythos hin: dort, wohin der angeschossene Eber flüchtete, sollte der Jäger Androklos Ephesos gründen.

When the Delphic Oracle did not select Androclus to succeed his father Codrus as king of, the young man migrated with his followers to Ionia. There, according to prophecy, a wild boar and a fish would lead him to the site where he would found a new city. While Androclus cooked a fish on an open fire, sparks ignited the nearby bushes. A wild boar, hiding in the bushes and frightened by the fire, ran out. Androclus slew the boar and founded the city of Ephesus on the site.