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Smyrna, Ionia, 239 - 241 A.D.
Smyrna is believed to have founded the very first cult of Nemesis. This was after their hubris resulted in the city's defeat and ruin around 575 B.C., in war with the Lydians. A distinguishing feature of the cult at Smyrna is that two Nemeses were worshiped. There are many theories about what the duality represented. Perhaps the double Nemeses were the twin mountain peaks at Smyrna, called "The Two Brothers" today. Or they were the two aspects of the goddess as punitive and stabilizing. Apparently, paired cult images were not unique to Smyrna and were widespread around Anatolia, Syria and Greece. It could be that dual images were simply intended to multiply the strength of the deity's divine station.GB69793. Bronze AE 25, Klose Smyrna XVIII 19 (VS19/R19); SNG Cop 1317 (also same dies); BMC Ionia 241 var. (rev. legend); SNGvA -, F, Smyrna (Izmir, Turkey) mint, weight 6.481g, maximum diameter 25.2mm, die axis 180o, strategos C. Jul. Menekles, 239 - 241 A.D.; obverse IEPA CV-NKΛHTOC, youthful draped bust of the Senate right, wearing taenia; reverse CMVP Γ NE• - •EΠ• - MENEK,ΛEOVC• (ending in exergue), two draped Nemeses standing facing each another and drawing out fold of drapery at neck with right hand, the left one holds a bridle in left, the right one holding a cubit-rule in left, wheel of fate at her feet on far side; from the Butte College Foundation; ex Lindgren; SOLD
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