SH66578. Bronze Homerium, Milne Smyrna 300; SNG Cop 1127 ff. var. (magistrates); SNG Tüb 3175 ff. var. (same); BMC Ionia, p. 244, 79 ff. var. (same), VF, green patina, flan adjustment marks, Smyrna (Izmir, Turkey) mint, weight 8.091g, maximum diameter 21.7mm, die axis 0
o, 2nd century B.C.; obverse laureate head of Apollo right; reverse
Homer seated left in himation, right hand to chin (thinker pose), volume on knees in left hand, transverse staff between legs and on far side, ΣMYPNAIΩN downward on right, magistrate's name ΔIOΔPOΣ / ΦANAΓOPOΣ (magistrates names) on left;
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