bpv_874756 - IONIA - SMYRNA Assarion
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Type : Assarion
Date: c. 68-69
Mint name / Town : Smyrne, Ionie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 3,12 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée. Jolie représentation du revers. Fine usure régulière. Patine foncée
Obverse
Obverse description : Nemesis debout à droite.
Obverse legend : EPI TI KLAUDIOU IERWNUMOU
Reverse
Reverse description : Dieu-rivière couché à gauche.
Reverse legend : STRA TI (KLAU) SWSANDROU/ S ZMU (R)
Historical background
IONIA - SMYRNA
(2nd - 3rd century AD)
Smyrna was one of the oldest cities in Ionia, destroyed in the 6th century BC by the Lydians. The city was refounded three centuries later by Antigone le Borgne at the end of the fourth century BC. After being called Eurydicieia under Lysimachus, Smyrna experienced great expansion after the Peace of Apamea (188 BC). VS.). It became one of the most powerful cities in Asia Minor under Roman rule. It is said to be the homeland of Homer.
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