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IONIA, Smyrna. Circa 145-125 BC. Æ (20mm, 9.71 g, 12h). Arridaios, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Homer seated left, resting chin on hand and holding scepter; APPIΔAIOΣ and monogram to left. Milne, Autonomous, Period X, 182; SNG Copenhagen 1138. Brown surfaces. Near VF.
From the Sigmund Collection.
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."
From the Sigmund Collection.
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."