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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Ionia| > |Phokaia| > GB80086
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.
GB80086. Bronze AE 15, BMC Ionia p. 217, 104, aF, Phokaia (Foca, Turkey) mint, weight 4.038g, maximum diameter 15.3mm, die axis 0o, c. 350 - 300 B.C.; obverse head of Hermes right, wearing chlamys and petasos; reverse IΣIΔΩPOΣ, forepart of griffin right; SOLD











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