IONIA, Smyrna. Circa 115-105 BC. Æ (22.5mm, 8.92 g, 12h). Pyrrhos, magistrate.

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Lot: 285. Estimated: $ 100

Greek, Bronze

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IONIA, Smyrna. Circa 115-105 BC. Æ (22.5mm, 8.92 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. Earthen dark green patina. VF.

From the Mercury Group Collection, purchased from Atlantis, Ltd.

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: 20 October 2021 at 11:34:40 ET.

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