Savoca Coins
Online Auction 35 | Silver 3 Aug 2019
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Ionia. Airai after circa 375 BC.
Bronze Æ
13 mm., 1,70 g.
Laureate head of Apollo left / AIPAIΩN, owl standing right, head facing, astragalos to right.
nearly very fine
Amandry, Monnaie pp.11-2; SNG Copenhagen -; Imhoof-Blumer, Kleinasiatische Münzen 1901, Supplement pg. 512, 1.
Airai, a tiny Greek city with harbor (Pseudo Scylax, Periplous 98) is only known from this coin. Airai existed only for a very short time before being conquered by their neighbours from Teos in circa 370 BC and disappearing.
Bronze Æ
13 mm., 1,70 g.
Laureate head of Apollo left / AIPAIΩN, owl standing right, head facing, astragalos to right.
nearly very fine
Amandry, Monnaie pp.11-2; SNG Copenhagen -; Imhoof-Blumer, Kleinasiatische Münzen 1901, Supplement pg. 512, 1.
Airai, a tiny Greek city with harbor (Pseudo Scylax, Periplous 98) is only known from this coin. Airai existed only for a very short time before being conquered by their neighbours from Teos in circa 370 BC and disappearing.