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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Greek Coins| ▸ |Geographic - All Periods| ▸ |Anatolia| ▸ |Ionia| ▸ |Smyrna||View Options:   | | | Smyrna was an ancient Greek city in Ionia. Located at a central and strategic point on the Aegean coast of Anatolia and aided by its advantageous port conditions, its ease of defense and its good inland connections, Smyrna rose to prominence before the Classical Era. Smyrna claimed to be the birthplace of the poet Homer. In Revelation 2:8-11, Smyrna, Ionia is the church that would suffer persecution. The core of the late Hellenistic and Roman Smyrna is preserved in the Izmir Agora Open Air Museum. |
Thompson notes there was a single emission of staters, tetradrachms and drachms at Smyrna, which commemorated Lysimachus' contributions toward the city's rehabilitation. Only one obverse die is known for the tetradrachms.SH11407. Silver tetradrachm, Thompson 237 (same obv die), Müller 408, SGCV II 6814 var., VF, superb portrait in sculptural high relief, nicely toned, weight 16.911 g, maximum diameter 31.9 mm, die axis 0o, Smyrna (Izmir, Turkey) mint, c. 287 - 281 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Alexander the Great wearing the horn of Ammon; reverse Athena Nikephoros enthroned left, Nike crowning name in extended right hand, left arm rests on grounded round shield decorated with Gorgoneion, transverse spear against right side, BAΣIΛEΩΣ (king) downward on right, ΛYΣIMAXOY (Lysimachos) downward on left, Φ outer left, turreted head inner left; scarce; SOLD
Marcus Aurelius, 7 March 161 - 17 March 180 A.D., Laodiceia ad Lycum, Phrygia, in Alliance with Smyrna, Ionia
This alliance medallion celebrates the Harmony between Laodicea and Smyrna. Such alliances between cities inside of the Roman Empire were generally political or economic.RB110374. Bronze medallion, BMC Phrygia p. 326, 275; SNGvA -; SNG Cop -; SNG Mün -; SNG Tüb -, F, well centered; green, red, brown and black dark patina; old cleaning marks, weight 26.314 g, maximum diameter 39.3 mm, die axis 180o, Laodicea ad Lycum (near Denizli, Turkey) mint, 7 Mar 161 - 17 Mar 180; obverse AV KAI M AVP - ANTONINOC·, laureate head right; reverse ΛAOΔIKEO-N - C-MYPNAION, Zeus Laodikeos standing half left, head left, wearing long chiton and himation, eagle in right hand scepter in left hand, flanked by the two Nemeses of Smyrna facing inward toward Nemeses, both clad in long chiton and peplos, plucking chiton from breast; ·OMONOIA· in exergue; this coin is the only specimen of the type on Coin Archives, huge 39 mm bronze!, ex Harlan Berk sale 216 (27 Jul 2021), lot 460; ex CNG sale 61 (23 Sep 2002), lot 1049; extremely rare; SOLD
Domitia, Wife of Domitian, 81 - 96 A.D., Ephesos, Ionia in Homonoia with Smyrna
| The image on the reverse resembles sculptures of Artemis, the Lady of Ephesus, including one at the Ephesus Archaeological Museum and another at the Vatican. The Ionians worshiped Artemis as a mother goddess, akin to the Phrygian Cybele. Her cult image was adorned with multiple rounded breast like protuberances on her chest. They have been variously interpreted as accessory breasts, eggs, grapes, acorns, or even bull testes. Excavation at the site of the Artemision in 1987/8 found a multitude of tear-shaped amber beads that once adorned the ancient wooden xoanon. |  |
Seleukid Kingdom, Antiochus Hierax (the Hawk), c. 242 - 227 B.C.
Antiochus Hierax (the Hawk) was Viceroy in Asia Minor for his brother from about 245 to about 242 B.C. Around 242 B.C. he rebelled and declared his area a separate kingdom. Hierax formed alliances and retained his independence but in 227 B.C. he attempted to take control of the rest of the Seleukid Kingdom. He was defeated, forced to flee and killed.GY96478. Silver tetradrachm, Houghton-Lorber I 898(3), Newell WSM 1430, SNG Spaer -, VF, excellent high relief portrait, well centered, light toning, bumps and marks, reverse center weak, mild die wear/rust, weight 16.567 g, maximum diameter 27.9 mm, die axis 0o, Smyrna or Sardes mint, c. 242 - 227 B.C.; obverse Antiochos diademed head right, no border; reverse Apollo naked seated left on omphalos, examining arrow in right hand, resting left hand on grounded bow, BAΣIΛEΩΣ downward on right, ANTIOXOY downward on left, ΠA monogram at outer left, ΘE monogram at outer right, no border; rare; SOLD
Augustus and Livia; Smyrna, Ionia; Magistrate Dionysios Kollubas
RP81262. Leaded bronze AE 19, RPC I 2464, gVF, weight 5.973 g, maximum diameter 19.0 mm, die axis 0o, Smyrna (Izmir, Turkey) mint, obverse ΣEBAΣTΩI ZMYPNAIOI, jugate laureate head of Augustus with draped bust of Livia; reverse ΔIONIΣIOΣ KOΛΛYBAΣ, Aphrodite Stratonikis facing, holding scepter and Nike, leaning on column, dove right; SOLD
Smyrna, Ionia, 2nd Century B.C.
Homer is a legendary ancient Greek epic poet, traditionally said to be the author of the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey. Smyrna was one of several cities that claimed to be the birthplace of the poet and at the source of the Meles River was a cave where the residents claimed he composed his poems. The city had a temple with a square portico in honor of Homer, which they called the Homerium. According to Strabo, they also called their bronze coins, this very type, Homerium.SH66268. Bronze Homerium, Milne Smyrna 324; BMC Ionia, p. 245, 91; SGCV II 4572, VF, weight 7.921 g, maximum diameter 20.6 mm, die axis 0o, Smyrna (Izmir, Turkey) mint, 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, IMYPNAIΩN downward on right, ΗPAKΛΕIΔΗΣ (magistrate's name) downward on left and monogram outer left; SOLD
Caligula, 16 March 37 - 24 January 41 A.D., Smyrna, Ionia, Julia Drusilla Reverse
Julia Drusilla was her brother Caligula's favorite and was rumored to be his lover. In 38 A.D. she fell to fever. Caligula would not leave her side, and after she died, did not want anyone take her body away. He buried his sister with the honors of an Augusta, acted as a grieving widower, and had the Senate declare her a Goddess.RP58846. Bronze AE 20, RPC I 2472; SNG Cop 1343; SNGvA 2202; BMC Ionia p. 269, 272, VF, weight 4.977 g, maximum diameter 19.7 mm, die axis 0o, Smyrna (Izmir, Turkey) mint, Menophanes, Aviola procos, c. 37 - 38 A.D.; obverse ΓAION KAICAPA EΠI AOYIOΛA, laureate head right; reverse ΔPOYCIΛΛAN ZMYPNAIΩN MHNOΦANHC, Drusilla as Persephone seated left, poppies in right, grain ears and scepter in left; scarce; SOLD
Smyrna, Ionia, 2nd Century B.C.
Homer is a legendary ancient Greek epic poet, traditionally said to be the author of the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey. Smyrna was one of several cities that claimed to be the birthplace of the poet and at the source of the Meles River was a cave where the residents claimed he composed his poems. The city had a temple with a square portico in honor of Homer, which they called the Homerium. According to Strabo, they also called their bronze coins, this very type, Homerium.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, weight 8.091 g, maximum diameter 21.7 mm, die axis 0o, Smyrna (Izmir, Turkey) mint, 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; SOLD
Gordian III, 29 July 238 - 25 February 244 A.D., Smyrna, Ionia in Alliance with Tralleis, Lydia
In Greek mythology, the Amazons were a nation of all-female warriors Herodotus placed them in a region bordering Scythia in Sarmatia (modern territory of Ukraine). Other historiographers place them in Asia Minor or Libya.RP80383. Bronze AE 31, SNGvA 2249 (same dies); countermark Howgego 774i, gF, weight 16.352 g, maximum diameter 30.9 mm, die axis 180o, Smyrna (Izmir, Turkey) mint, 29 Jul 238 - 25 Feb 244 A.D.; obverse AY KAI M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, countermarked Γ; reverse ΣMYPNAIΩN OMONOIA TPHΛANΩN, turreted and cuirassed Amazon Smyrna (to left) standing right, facing turreted city-goddess of Tralles standing left, ΕΠΠOΛΛI/ANOY exergue; SOLD
Smyrna, Ionia, 2nd - 3rd Century A.D.
Smyrna, Ionia (Revelation 2:8-11) - the church that would suffer persecution (2:10).RP34683. Bronze AE 20, Klose, Muenzpraegung von Smyrna in der roem. Kaiserzeit, obv. die 6 rev. die 9 (pl. 9), cat. 11 p. 164 (12 spec.), aVF, weight 3.704 g, maximum diameter 20.0 mm, die axis 0o, Smyrna (Izmir, Turkey) mint, 2nd - 3rd century A.D.; obverse CMYPNA, draped bust of the Amazon Smyrna left, wearing mural crown, labrys in right hand over shoulder; reverse CMYPNAIΩN, lion walking right; SOLD
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