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Auction 125  24-27 Nov 2020
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Lot 4574

Estimate: 200 AUD
Price realized: 200 AUD
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IONIA, Smyrna, (c.190-175 B.C.), AE 21, (8.72 g), Charixenos and Trikkas as magistrates, obv. laureate head of Apollo to right, rev. the poet Homer seated to left with the Magistrates names Herodes and Archios, to right **SMURNAIWN* above, to left in two lines **CARIXE NOS TRIKKAS*, (S.4571, BMC 67 var.(p.243) (Magistrate), SNG Cop.1124 var.). Choice dark brown patina, extremely fine and very rare in this condition, with a superb figure of the seated Homer.

Ex Dr Stephen N. Gerson Collection and sold in the Gemini Auction VI, January 10, 2010 (lot 898 part).
See article in Studia Paulo Naster Oblata I Numismatica Antiqua, "Homer on Coins from Smyrna" by C. Heyman. The author maintains that this coin's reverse is linked and represents the Homerea, a famous statue of Homer of Symrna mentioned by Strabo.
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