bgr_868829 - IONIA - SMYRNA Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 155-145 AC.
Mint name / Town : Smyrne, Ionie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,70 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au droit. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête tourelée de Cybèle (Tyché de Smyrne) à droite, les cheveux tombant sur la nuque.
Reverse
Reverse description : Statue d’Aphrodite Stratonikis (Vénus) debout à droite, coiffée du polos et du chiton debout à droite devant une colonne, tenant de la main droite une Niké (Victoriola) ; derrière un sceptre.
Reverse legend : IMURNAIWN// PUQEOS.
Reverse translation : (de Smyrne).
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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