GB83485. Bronze AE 19, SNG Cop 186; SNGvA 2017; SNG Munchen 557; Milne Colophon 179; BMC Ionia p. 41, 43, VF, centered on a tight flan, Kolophon (near Degirmendere Fev, Turkey) mint, weight 6.047g, maximum diameter 18.7mm, die axis 0
o, magistrate Pytheos, c. 50 B.C.; obverse
Homer seated left in himation, right hand raised to chin (the thinker pose!), scroll in his left hand resting on his knees, ΠYΘΕOΣ (magistrate) downward on left; reverse Apollo standing right, phiale in right hand, kithara (lyre) in left hand, KOΛOΦΩNIΩN downward on left;
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