Watch List notes:

Ionia, Kolophon, Civic issue, (c.50-30 B.C.), AE 19 (5.38 g), Magistrate name Pythios, obv. Homer seated left PUQEOS to left, rev.KOLOFWNIA, Apollo Musagetes walking right holding kithara and plectrum, (S.4357. SNG Cop.186-187, SNG von Aulock 2017, Milne, Colophon 179, BMC 41, 43). Very fine and rare.

Homer is the legendary author to whom the authorship of the Iliad and the Odyssey (the two epic poems that are the foundational works of ancient Greek literature) is attributed. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential authors of all time.