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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Ionia| > |Phokaia| > GB71725
Phokaia, Ionia, c. 350 - 300 B.C.
|Phokaia|, |Phokaia,| |Ionia,| |c.| |350| |-| |300| |B.C.|, Hermes is the messenger of the gods in Greek mythology. An Olympian god, he is also the patron of boundaries and of the travelers who cross them, of shepherds and cowherds, of thieves and road travelers, of orators and wit, of literature and poets, of athletics, of weights and measures, of invention, of general commerce, and of the cunning of thieves and liars. His symbols include the tortoise, the rooster, the winged sandals, and the caduceus. The analogous Roman deity is Mercury.
GB71725. Bronze AE 18, BMC Ionia 217, 105; SNG Cop 1038; SNGvA 7959; SNG Munchen -, gVF, dark green patina, a little rough, Phokaia (Foca, Turkey) mint, weight 3.433g, maximum diameter 17.6mm, die axis 0o, magistrate Pythis, c. 350 - 300 B.C.; obverse head of Hermes right, wearing chlamys and petasos; reverse forepart of griffin right, Φ-Ω divided above body and forelegs, ΠYΘIΣ below; ex Roma Numismatics auction 4 (30 Sep 2012), lot 1681; SOLD










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