IONIA, Smyrna. Circa 115-105 BC. Æ (20.5mm, 8.79 g, 12h). Pyrrhos, magistrate.

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IONIA, Smyrna. Circa 115-105 BC. Æ (20.5mm, 8.79 g, 12h). Pyrrhos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Homer seated left, resting chin on hand and holding scepter; monogram and ΠYPPOΣ to left. Milne, Autonomous, Period XII, 241; SNG Copenhagen 1148. Green patina, minor roughness. VF.

From the Lampasas Collection. Ex Ancient Coin Collectors Guild 1st Annual Benefit Auction (VAuctions 211, 17 August 2008), lot 32.

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: 7 July 2021 at 11:06:00 ET.

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