IONIA, Smyrna. Circa 115-105 BC. Æ (22mm, 10.25 g, 12h). Semagoras, magistrate. Good VF.

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Lot: 100.
Closing Date: Nov 6 2024 10:00 ET

Greek, 12h, Bronze

Estimate: $ 100

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IONIA, Smyrna. Circa 115-105 BC. Æ (22mm, 10.25 g, 12h). Semagoras, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Homer seated left, resting chin on hand and holding scepter; monogram to outer left. Milne, Autonomous, Period XII, 249; BMC 98; Weber 6133. Dark green patina, some deposits. Good VF.

This type is often referred to as a ‘Homereum,’ based on a passage in Strabo’s Geographica (xiv, i.37): “[T]he Smyrnaeans also lay especial claim to the poet [Homer] and indeed a bronze coin of theirs is called a Homereum.”

Closing Date and Time: 6 November 2024 at 10:33:00 ET.

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