bgr_736340 - IONIA - KLAZOMENAI Diobole
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Type : Diobole
Date: c. 520-480 AC.
Mint name / Town : Clazomène, Ionie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 10 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,97 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli protomé de sanglier. Fine usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Protomé de sanglier ailé à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LETTRE GRECQUE DANS LE CHAMP INFÉRIEUR DROIT.
Reverse description : Carré creux quadripartite.
Reverse legend : K
Reverse translation : (Clazomène).
Historical background
IONIA - KLAZOMENAI
(6th - 5th century BC)
Clazomene, located in the southern peninsula of the Gulf of Smyrna, was placed under the protection of Apollo, protector of the herds. The swan on the reverse seems to have been a play on words with the name of the city. At the mouth of the Hermos delta, Clazomene was a breeding region. Anaxagoras was from Clazomene.
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