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IONIA, Klazomenai. Circa 190-30 BC. Æ (20mm, 7.24 g, 12h). Diademed male head right / Anaxagoras seated left on globe, right hand raised. SNG München 506; SNG Copenhagen 107. Earthen green patina. Near VF.
Ex J.S. Wagner Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 250, 23 February 2011), lot 99 (cleaned since).
Klazomenai was the birthplace of the philosopher Anaxagoras, honored on the reverse of this coin. In his adulthood, he would move to Athens, where the thinker discussed his theories of cosmology and creation with such luminaries as Perikles and Euripedes.
Ex J.S. Wagner Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 250, 23 February 2011), lot 99 (cleaned since).
Klazomenai was the birthplace of the philosopher Anaxagoras, honored on the reverse of this coin. In his adulthood, he would move to Athens, where the thinker discussed his theories of cosmology and creation with such luminaries as Perikles and Euripedes.