v19_0100 - IONIA - SMYRNA Unité de bronze (MB, Æ 20)
MONNAIES 19 (2004)
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Unité de bronze (MB, Æ 20)
Date: c. 115-105 AC.
Mint name / Town : Smyrne
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,80 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan légèrement ovale et décentré au droit sur le visage d’Apollon. Revers historiquement important. Très jolie patine vert olive foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Homère assis à gauche sur un siège, tenant un rouleau de la main gauche et ramenant la main droite sur sa poitrine.
Reverse legend : SMURNAI-WN/ PURROS// AE
Historical background
IONIA - SMYRNA
(3rd - 2nd century BC)
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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