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7 GallienusGallienus
Æ27 of Smyrna, Ionia
O: AVT K ΠΛIK_[IN] ΓAΛΛIHNOC, Laureate draped cuirassed bust right
R: CMYPNAIΩN Γ N_EΩKOPΩN[..] IΠ[ΠIKOV] ΦIΛH_TOV, the Amazon Smyrna, turreted and cuirassed, standing left, holding bipennis and pelta right.
SNG Copenhagen 1410var
Thanks to FORVM member Andreas Reich and www258pair.com for help IDing this coin.Sosius
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Δ in circular punchIONIA. Smyrna. Civic. Æ 20. Time of Gordian to Valerian. Obv: .IEPACVNKΛHTOC. Laureate and draped bust of the Roman Senate right, countermark on bust. Rev: CMVPΓNE-ΩKOPΩN. Figure of Tyche holding rudder and cornucopia, inside tetrastyle temple. Ref: Ex. Lindgren II:556; BMC 233. Axis: 180°. Weight: 4.95 g. CM: Δ in circular punch, 5.5 mm. Howgego 791 (34 pcs). Note: The countermark was probably not applied before the time of the joint reign of Valerian and Gallienus. Collection Automan.Automan
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(0241) TRANQUILLINA(wife of Gordian III)
241 - 244 AD
AE Diassarion 22 mm 4.69 g
O: FOURI TRANKUILLEINA C, draped bust right
R: CMURNAIWN G NEWKORWN, Herakles, naked, standing left, holding kantharos, club, and lion-skin over arm
Ionia, Smyrna
SNG Cop 1401-1403; BMC 447-450.
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001i. CassiusC. CASSIUS LONGINUS (42 BC). Denarius. P. Lentulus Spinther, legate. Military mint, probably Smyrna. Obv: C CASSI IMP / LEIBERTAS. Diademed, veiled and draped bust of Libertas right. Rev: LENTVLVS SPINT. Capis and lituus. Crawford 500/3; CRI 221.
3.78 g., 19 mm. Naumann Auction 94, Lot 510.
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005b. BritannicusBritannicus (son of Claudius) AE17. Ionia, Smyrna
Britannicus (41 - 55 A.D.) was the son of the Roman emperor Claudius and his third wife Messalina. His original name was "Germanicus" but was changed in honor of his father's conquest of Britain in 43 AD.
Nobody is sure why Claudius made Nero his successor and not Britannicus, although the fact that Britannicus may have been Caligula's son is a factor. Britannicus was killed by (partisans of) his step-brother (and brother-in-law) Nero so that Nero could become emperor of Rome.
His sister Octavia is the heroine of the play written at some time after the death of Nero. It's title is titled her name, but its central message is the wrong done to the Claudian house because of the wrong done to its last male member and its last hope.
Britannicus. Before 54 AD. AE 17mm (4.31 g), Minted at Ionia, Smyrna. Bare head right 'ZMYP' below bust / Nike flying right. cf S(GIC) 516. Scarce. Some dirt and patina chipping.
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006a10. Nero (?) or Britannicus (?)Smyrna, Ionia. AE17. 3.84 g. ΖΜΥ(Ρ), Bust right. ΕΠΙ ΦΙΛΙΣΤΟΥ ΕΙΚΑΔΙΟΣ; Nike, right, with trophy over shoulder. RPC 2476 identifies this as Nero (?). Klose XXXI identifies this as Britannicus.lawrence c
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013b1. DomitiaAE21 of Ephesos, Ionia. AD 82-96. Magistrate Caesennius Paetus. Alliance issue with Smyrna. 4.21 g. Obv: ΔOMITIA CEBACTH, draped bust right. Rev: OMONOIA ANΘY KAICEN ΠAITOY around, EΦE-ZMYΡ downwards in right and left fields, cult image of Artemis Ephesia standing facing, with supports. RPC 1091; SNG Cop 544; SNG Munich 290-291; SNG von Aulock 1938; BMC 414.lawrence c
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013c01. Vespasian Junior
Coin: AE17mm, 2.37 g. Smyrna, Ionia. Struck 94-95. Obv: OYHCPACIANOC NEOTEROC bare-head of Vespasian II right. Rev: SMYRNAION, Nike advancing right, holding palm branch. BMC 316; RPC II 1028; Vagi 1164; Klose XLII, 5.lawrence c
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014p Nero (54-68 A.D.), Ionia, Smyrna, Asia (conventus of Smyrna), RPC I 2486, AE-17, Poppaea as Nike, advancing left, #1014p Nero (54-68 A.D.), Ionia, Smyrna, Asia (conventus of Smyrna), RPC I 2486, AE-17, Poppaea as Nike, advancing left, #1
avers: NEΡΩNA CEBACTON, Laureate head right.
reverse: NEIKHN ΠOΠΠAIA ZMYΡ, Poppaea as Nike, advancing left, holding wreath and cornucopia.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter:17,5mm, weight: 4,10g, axis: h,
mint: City: Smyrna, Region: Ionia, Province: Asia (conventus of Smyrna),
date: Issue: c. 62-65 A.D.,
ref: RPC I 2486, Klose XXXIV B, 18–31,
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075p Otacilia Severa (? - 249? A.D.), Ionia, Smyrna, (third Neokoros), BMC 445, AE-22, Herakles,075p Otacilia Severa (? - 249? A.D.), Ionia, Smyrna, (third Neokoros), BMC 445, AE-22, Herakles,
avers: - Μ-ΟΤΑΚΙΛ-CΕΟΥHΡΑ,
revers: - CMΥRNAIΩN Γ NEΩKORΩN, ( Γ are = third Neokoros), Herakles, naked, standing left, holding kantharos and club, lionskin over arm.
exe: -/-//--, diameter: 22 mm, weight: 4,26 g, axis: 6 h,
mint: Ionia, Smyrna, date: B.C., ref: SNG Aulock 2232 (same obv. die), same obvers are Gordian III, SNG vA 2230 or BMC 445,
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092p Valerian II. (256-258 A.D.), Ionia, Smyrna, (third Neokoros), SNG München 456, AE-21, Herakles,092p Valerian II. (256-258 A.D.), Ionia, Smyrna, (third Neokoros), SNG München 456, AE-21, Herakles,
avers: - ΠO ΛIK O VAΛEPIANOC, Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
revers: - CMΥRNAIΩN Γ NEΩKO/R ΩN, ( Γ are = third Neokoros), Herakles, naked, standing left, holding kantharos and club, lionskin over arm.
exe: -/-//--, diameter: 20,7mm, weight: 3,85g, axis: 0h,
mint: Ionia, Smyrna, date: 255-260B.C., ref: SNG München 456, Klose 1.8, CNG Elec. Auc. 160 (3/2007), lot 198,
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11-20 - Smyrna en Ionia - BRITANICO (50 - 54 D.C.)AE15 - 1/2 Assarión (Provincial)
15 mm 4,05 gr 0 hr.
Tiberio Claudio César Británico en latín Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus (12 de febrero de 41 - 11 de febrero de 55) fue un noble romano, nacido del matrimonio entre el emperador Claudio y su tercera esposa, Valeria Mesalina. En el momento de su nacimiento, sólo un mes después del inicio del reinado de Claudio, fue nombrado heredero del Imperio; no obstante hubo tres factores: la condena a muerte de su madre a causa de bigamia, el matrimonio de Claudio con Agripina y la adopción de Nerón, descendiente del recordado Germánico, que provocaron que los ciudadanos romanos no le consideraran como sucesor imperial. Fue asesinado el día anterior a su decimocuarto cumpleaños. (Fuente Wikipedia)
Anv: "ZMYP" debajo - Busto vestido a cabeza desnuda viendo a derecha.
Rev: "ΕΠΙ ΦΙΛΙΣ ΤΟΥ ΕΙΚΑΔΙΟ Σ", (Philistos y Eikadios Magistrados), Nike avanzando a derecha, portando un trofeo sobre su hombro.
Acuñada 50 - 54 D.C.
Ceca: Smyrna en Ionia
Referencias: Vagi #650 - Lingren #562 - KLDSE XXXI #37 pag.223 - SNG Cop #1351 - SNG Von Aulock #7995 - BMC Vol.16 #284 Pag.270 - RPC I #2476 Pag.419mdelvalle
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1358 Hadrian, Cistophorus IONIA Smyrna Zeus seatedReference.
RPC III, 1358; Metcalf 29
Obv. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P
Bare head right
Rev. COS III
Zeus seated l. on throne holding small image of Ephesian Artemis in r. and sceptre in l.; to l., eagle
10.72 gr
29 mm
12hokidoki
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1359 Hadrian, Cistophorus IONIA Smyrna Zeus seated Reference.
RPC III, 1359/3; Metcalf 30; RIC 499
Obv. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P
Bare head right
Rev. COS III
Zeus seated l. on throne holding Victory in r. and sceptre in l.; to l., eagle
10.58 gr
26 mm
6hokidoki
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1360 Hadrian, Cistophorus IONIA Smyrna Eagle standingReference.
RPC III, 1360/11; Metcalf 31; RIC 516; Spink 3446 S. 427a
Obv. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P
Bare head right.
Rev. COS III
Eagle standing front on thunderbolt, wings spread, head right
10.78 gr
26 mm
6h
Note.
Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG auction 136 lot 1019 in 2008
Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG auction 143 lot 563 in 2008
Aureo & Calicó S.L. Auction 310 lot 1064okidoki
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1361 Hadrian, Cistophorus IONIA Smyrna two Nemeses standingReference.
RIC 507; Metcalf Type 32; RSC 326; BMC 1074; Pinder 82; RPC III, 1361/27
Obv. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P
Bare head right
Rev. COS III
The two Nemeses standing facing, heads turned toward each other, both holding out a fold of her dress with right hand, [the left holding a bridle in left hand], the right holding a cubit rule
10.77 gr
26 mm
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1362 Hadrian, Cistophorus IONIA Smyrna Cybele seatedReference.
RPC III, 1362; Metcalf 33
Obv. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P
Bare head right
Rev. COS III
Cybele seated l. holding patera in r. and resting l. arm on tympanum; at feet, lion looking l., r. forepaw raised.
10.46 gr
27 mm
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1967 IONIA. Smyrna Pseudo-autonomous under Hadrian Nike advancingReference
RPC III, 1967; Klose V Serie B, 15–120;
Magistrate Biôn (strategos)
Obv. ϹΤΡΑΤΗ ΒΙΩΝΟϹ
Draped bust of Athena, r., wearing crested Corinthian helmet
Rev. ΖΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ
Nike advancing l., holding wreath in r. hand and palm in left
2.93 gr
16 mm
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1972 IONIA, Smyrna Hadrian, ZeusReference.
RPC III 1972; Klose XLIV, Serie C, 19–36; BMC 328; SNG Copenhagen 1362; SNG von Aulock 2210.
Magistrate M. Antonius Polemon (strategos)
Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Laureate head of Hadrian, r., with drapery on l. shoulder
Rev. ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝ ϹΤΡΑΤΗΓΩΝ ΑΝΕΘΗΚΕ, ϹΜΥΡ (in field)
Zeus seated r., himation over lower limbs, r. resting on throne, holding transverse sceptre over l. shoulder
29.84 gr
34.7 mm
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1973 IONIA, Smyrna Sabina River-god KaleonReference
RPC III 1973; Klose XLV, Serie A, 1-12; BMC.336, SNG.Aul.- , SNG.Cop.1365
Issue Without magistrate name
Obv. СΑΒΕΙΝΑ СΕΒΑСΤΗ
Draped bust of Sabina with double stephane r.
Rev. KΑΛΕΩΝ ΖΜΥΡ
River-god Kaleon recumbent, l., himation over lower limbs, holding cornucopia in r. hand, resting with l. arm on inverted vase
3.43 gr
19 mm
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1974 IONIA, Smyrna Sabina ProwReference.
RPC III, 1974/22; Klose XLV, Serie B, 13-21
Magistrate M. Antonius Polemon (strategos)
Obv. ϹΑΒΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Draped bust of Sabina with double stephane right
Rev. ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝ ΑΝΕΘΗΚΕ ϹΜΥΡ
Prow, right
4.49 gr
21 mm
12hokidoki
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1974 IONIA, Smyrna Sabina ProwReference.
RPC III, 1974; Klose XLV, Serie B, 13-21
Magistrate M. Antonius Polemon (strategos)
Obv. ϹΑΒΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Draped bust of Sabina with double stephane right
Rev. ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝ ΑΝΕΘΗΚΕ ϹΜΥΡ
Prow, right
5.79 gr
20 mm
12h
Note.
Ex Sammlung Peter Weiß, Kiel, erworben 1967 - 2005; ex Gorny & Mosch, München Auktion 233, 2015, Los 1952.okidoki
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198Caracalla 198-217 AD
AE 31 mm
Smyrna in Ionia
Zeus seated left holding a small victorymauseus
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1ao3 Julia DrusillaAE 20 of Smyrna (Izmir, Turkey)
Laureate head of Caligula, right, ΓAION KAICAPA EΠI AOYIOΛA
Drusilla as Persephone seated left, poppies between two stalks of grain in right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, ∆POYCIΛΛAN ZMYPNAIΩN MHNOΦANHC
Caligula’s sister
Klose XXVIII, 27 (Vs4/Rs10); RPC I 2472; SNG Cop 1343; SNGvA 2202; BMC Ionia p. 269, 272
According to Suetonius’ salacious account: Germanicus had married Agrippina the Elder, daughter of Marcus Agrippa and Julia the Elder, and she had borne him nine children. Two died in infancy, another in early childhood. . . .
The other children survived their father: three girls, Agrippina the Younger, Drusilla and Livilla, born in successive years; and three boys, Nero, Drusus, and Gaius Caesar (Caligula). . . . [Caligula] habitually committed incest with each of his three sisters, seating them in turn below him at large banquets while his wife reclined above. It is believed that he violated Drusilla’s virginity while a minor, and been caught in bed with her by his grandmother Antonia, in whose household they were jointly raised. Later, when Drusilla was married to Lucius Cassius Longinus, an ex-consul, he took her from him and openly treated her as his lawful married wife. When he fell ill he made her heir to his estate and the throne.
When Drusilla died (in 38AD) he declared a period of public mourning during which it was a capital offense to laugh, or bathe, or to dine with parents, spouse or children. Caligula himself was so overcome with grief that he fled the City in the middle of the night, and travelled through Campania, and on to Syracuse, returning again with the same degree of haste, and without cutting his hair or shaving. From that time forwards whenever he took an important oath, even in public or in front of the army, he always swore by Drusilla’s divinity.Blindado
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268Claudius II 268-70 AD
AE antoninianus
Smyrna/Cyzicus mint
1st emission
Obv "IMP C M AVR CLAVDIVS AVG"
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev "VIRTVTI AVG"
Virtus standing left holding shield and spear
RIC - ; La Venera -; Canakkale -
Gysen (CENB July 1999) notes one example of this typemauseus
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704a, Caligula, 16 March 37 - 24 January 41 A.D.Caligula, 37 - 41 AD, Ionia, Smyrna. AE 17mm. Klose, Smyrna 27a. RPC 2473. 2.89 gm. Fine. Menophanes, Aviola, Procos, 37-38 AD. Obverse: AION, laureate head right; Reverse: Nike holding wreath right. Ex Tom Vossen.
De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and their Families
GAIUS (CALIGULA) (A.D. 37-41)
Garrett G. Fagan
Pennsylvania State University
Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (Caligula) was born on 31 August, A.D. 12, probably at the Julio-Claudian resort of Antium (modern Anzio), the third of six children born to Augustus's adopted grandson, Germanicus, and Augustus's granddaughter, Agrippina. Caligula was the Roman Emperor between A.D. 37-41). Unfortunately, his is the most poorly documented reign of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. The literary sources for these four years are meager, frequently anecdotal, and universally hostile.[[1]] As a result, not only are many of the events of the reign unclear, but Gaius himself appears more as a caricature than a real person, a crazed megalomaniac given to capricious cruelty. Although some headway can be made in disentangling truth from embellishment, the true character of the youthful emperor will forever elude us.
As a baby he accompanied his parents on military campaigns in the north and was shown to the troops wearing a miniature soldier's outfit, including the hob-nailed sandal called caliga, whence the nickname by which posterity remembers him. His childhood was not a happy one, spent amid an atmosphere of paranoia, suspicion, and murder. Instability within the Julio-Claudian house, generated by uncertainty over the succession, led to a series of personal tragedies.
When Tiberius died on 16 March A.D. 37, Gaius was in a perfect position to assume power, despite the obstacle of Tiberius's will, which named him and his cousin Tiberius Gemellus joint heirs. (Gemellus's life was shortened considerably by this bequest, since Gaius ordered him killed within a matter of months.) Backed by the Praetorian Prefect Q. Sutorius Macro, Gaius asserted his dominance. He had Tiberius's will declared null and void on grounds of insanity, accepted the powers of the Principate as conferred by the Senate, and entered Rome on 28 March amid scenes of wild rejoicing. His first acts were generous in spirit: he paid Tiberius's bequests and gave a cash bonus to the Praetorian Guard, the first recorded donativum to troops in imperial history.
The ancient sources are practically unanimous as to the cause of Gaius's downfall: he was insane. The writers differ as to how this condition came about, but all agree that after his good start Gaius began to behave in an openly autocratic manner, even a crazed one. The sources describe his incestuous relations with his sisters, laughable military campaigns in the north, the building of a pontoon bridge across the Bay at Baiae, and the plan to make his horse a consul. Their unanimous hostility renders their testimony suspect, especially since Gaius's reported behavior fits remarkably well with that of the ancient tyrant, a literary type enshrined in Greco-Roman tradition centuries before his reign. Further, the only eye-witness account of Gaius's behavior, Philo's Embassy to Gaius, offers little evidence of outright insanity, despite the antagonism of the author, whom Gaius treated with the utmost disrespect.
The conspiracy that ended Gaius's life was hatched among the officers of the Praetorian Guard, apparently for purely personal reasons. It appears also to have had the support of some senators and an imperial freedman. As with conspiracies in general, there are suspicions that the plot was more broad-based than the sources intimate, and it may even have enjoyed the support of the next emperor Claudius, but these propositions are not provable on available evidence. On 24 January A.D. 41 the praetorian tribune Cassius Chaerea and other guardsmen caught Gaius alone in a secluded palace corridor and cut him down. He was 28 years old and had ruled three years and ten months.
Whatever damage Tiberius's later years had done to the carefully crafted political edifice created by Augustus, Gaius multiplied it a hundredfold. When he came to power in A.D. 37 Gaius had no administrative experience beyond his honorary quaestorship, and had spent an unhappy early life far from the public eye. He appears, once in power, to have realized the boundless scope of his authority and acted accordingly. For the elite, this situation proved intolerable and ensured the blackening of Caligula's name in the historical record they would dictate. The sensational and hostile nature of that record, however, should in no way trivialize Gaius's importance. His reign highlighted an inherent weakness in the Augustan Principate, now openly revealed for what it was -- a raw monarchy in which only the self-discipline of the incumbent acted as a restraint on his behavior. That the only means of retiring the wayward princes was murder marked another important revelation: Roman emperors could not relinquish their powers without simultaneously relinquishing their lives.
Copyright © 1997, Garrett G. Fagan.
Published: De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and their Families http://www.roman-emperors.org/startup.htm. Used by permission.
Ancient Smyrna
The 5,000 year-old city of Izmir is one of the oldest cities of the Mediterranean basin. The original city was established in the third millennium BC (at present day Bayraklı), at which time it shared with Troy the most advanced culture in Anatolia.
Greek settlement is attested by the presence of pottery dating from about 1000 BC. In the first millennium BC Izmir, then known as Smyrna, ranked as one of the most important cities of the Ionian Federation. During this period, it is believed that the epic poet Homer resided here.
Lydian conquest of the city around 600 BC brought this golden age to an end. Smyrna was little more than a village throughout the Lydian and subsequent sixth century BC Persian rule. In the fourth century BC a new city was built on the slopes of Mt. Pagos (Kadifekale) during the reign of Alexander the Great. Smyrna's Roman period, beginning in the first century BC, was its second great era.
In the first century AD, Smyrna became one of the earliest centers of Christianity and it was one of the Seven Churches of Revelation. Both Revelation and the Martyrdom of Polycarp indicate the existence of a Jewish community in Smyrna as early as the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. The letter to the church at Smyrna in Revelation indicates that the Christians were spiritually "rich" and apparently in conflict with the Jews (2:9).
The origins of the Christian community there, which was established in the 1st century, are unknown. Ignatius of Antioch stopped at Smyrna on his way to martyrdom in Rome in 107 AD, and he sent a letter back to the Christians there from later in his journey. Smyrna's bishop, Polycarp, was burned at the stake in Smyrna's stadium around 156 AD.
Byzantine rule came in the fourth century and lasted until the Seljuk conquest in 11th century. In 1415, under Sultan Mehmed Çelebi, Smyrna became part of the Ottoman Empire.
The city earned its fame as one of the most important port cities of the world during the 17th to 19th centuries. The majority of its population were Greek but merchants of various origins (especially Greek, French, Italian, Dutch, Armenian, Sephardi and Jewish) transformed the city into a cosmopolitan portal of trade. During this period, the city was famous for its own brand of music (Smyrneika) as well as its wide range of products it exported to Europe (Smyrna/Sultana raisins, dried figs, carpets, etc.).
Today, Izmir is Turkey's third largest city and is nicknamed "the pearl of Aegean." It is widely regarded as the most Westernized city of Turkey in terms of values, ideology, gender roles, and lifestyle.
© 2005-08 Sacred Destinations. All rights reserved.
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/turkey/izmir-history.htm
Edited by J. P. Fitzgerald, Jr.Cleisthenes
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88 BC - In Celebration of the Slaughter of 80,000 Romans in Asia Minor Ionia, Smyrna, 88-85 BC, AE 25
Diademed head of Mithradates VI of Pontos right.
ZMYPNAIΩN right, EPMOΓENHΣ/ΦPIΞOΣ to left of Nike standing right, palm frond over one shoulder while crowning the city’s ethnic with wreath.
Milne, Autonomous Smyrna 340; Callataÿ pl. LI, P-Q; SNG Copenhagen 1206.
(25 mm, 14.86 g, 12h)
This coin was struck in the First Mithradatic War, at a time when Mithradates VI had all but expelled the Romans from Asia Minor. A civic issue from Smyrna, it was an overt statement of the city’s support for Mithradates in his campaign against Rome as well as a celebration of Mithradates success in freeing most of Asia Minor from the Roman yoke. The issue probably commenced shortly after Mithradates had organised the murder of 80,000 Roman citizens in a single night across the cities of Asia Minor in the Spring of 88 BC. The issue was short lived, as the tide of military fortune quickly turned against Mithradates when he had to face Sulla. Ultimately, he was forced to negotiate a truce (the Treaty of Dardanos) with the Romans in 85 BC, bringing Asia Minor firmly back into the Roman Empire. This brought this coinage to an end. However, the peace was short lived and hostilities between Rome and Mithradates resumed two years later, continuing intermittently for the next twenty years until Mithradates death in 66 BC following a succession of military defeats at the hands of Pompey the Great.
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aa Ionia, Smyrna. Pseudo-autonomous AE15. Prow/ShrimpTime of Septimus Severus, 193-211 AD.
Obv: Bust of Serapis right.
Rev: Prow of ship right; shrimp below. ancientone
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AE 14. Head of Kybele r. / ΖΜΥΡ / ΛΛΑΡΙΣ Krater surmounted by vessel containing fireSmyrna, Ionia. Ca. 245 - 240 B.C. AE 14. Head of Kybele r. / ΖΜΥΡ / ΛΛΑΡΙΣ Krater surmounted by vessel containing fire. BMC 239, 14 var. Ex Gerhard RohdePodiceps
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AE 16, Herakles Hoplophylax right/ CMVPNA/IΩN, River-god recumbent leftIonia, Smyrna, 2nd Century A.D. Bronze AE 16, BMC Ionia p. 260, 207; SNG Cop 1261, VF, weight 2.407g, maximum diameter 15.6mm, die axis 180o, obverse ΟΠΛΟΦΥΛΑZ, bearded head of Herakles Hoplophylax right, lion-skin knotted around neck; reverse CMVPNA/IΩN, River-god recumbent left, holding reed, left elbow on vase from which stream flow, within which two fishes right; Although there was great disagreement in the ancient world about the identity of Homer's parents, the residents of Smyrna believed that Homer was the son of Meles, the river flowing through their city, and the nymph Kritheïs. Ex FORVMPodiceps
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AE 20, c. 125 B.C. Apollo/ Homer Holding ScrollIonia, Smyrna, AE 20, Homer Holding Scroll. c. 125 B.C. 9.04g. Obv: Laureate head of Apollo r. Rev: Homer seated l. holding scroll between mint name and magistrates' names written downwards. Smyrna claimed to be the birthplace of Homer. F+/VF; obverse lightly encrusted; reverse sharp. Milne-290. Ex H.J.BerkPodiceps
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AE-Jeton, Two Nemeses facing each other, two countermark, Howgego # 225, and Howgego # 560, Single sided, AE-Jeton, Two Nemeses facing each other, two countermark, Howgego # 225, and Howgego # 560, Single sided,
avers: Two Nemeses countermark reads: CMYR and is listed by Howgego #225. (applied at Smyrna?).
The other countermark, is CAP/Γ and would thus indicate that the countermark has been applied in Sardes (Howgego # 560) and that the coin was valued three assaria
(not sure that the actual currency in Sardes would have included the assarion as a denomination, could be another denomination).
revers: Single sided,
exe:-/-//--, diameter: 23-24mm, weight: 3,79g, axis: h,
mint: , date: A.D., ref: Howgego # 225, and Howgego # 560,
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Aeolis, Temnos. Pseudo-autonomous Ae25. Senate/NemesesObv: IERACY NKLHTOC; Bust of youthful Senate r.
Rev: THM NE ITWN; Two Nemeses standing facing each other, drawing fold of drapery from breasts.
200-250 AD.
25mm, 6.5g.
SNG COP 21 266(1)
Temnos was a little town of Aeolia, near the Hermus River, which is shown on its coins. Situated at elevation it commanded the territories of Cyme, Phocaea, and Smyrna. Under Augustus it was already on the decline; under Tiberius it was destroyed by an earthquake; and in the time of Pliny it was no longer inhabited. It was however rebuilt.ancientone
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Ancient Greek Coin Collection From Sixth to First Centuries B.C.Here are the coins I started collecting from 2012 to present. As Aristotle wrote two millennia ago that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, there is no better way to present a collection of Greeks than to put them all together in a single shot. (Please click on picture for bigger resolution and to show greater details on coins).
Top row from left to right: AEOLIS, MYRINA. AR "Stephanophoric" Tetradrachm. Circa 150 BC**ILLYRIA, DYRRHACHION. AR Stater. Circa 340-280 BC**IONIA, SMYRNA. AR “Stephanophoric” Tetradrachm. Circa 150-145 BC** PELOPONNESOS, SIKYON. AR Stater. Circa 335-330 BC**ATTICA, ATHENS. “New style” Tetradrachm. Circa 169 BC.
Fifth row: BACTRIA, Antialkidas. AR Drachm. Circa 145-135 BC**CAPPADOCIA. Ariobarzanes I AR Drachm. Circa 96-63 BC**THRACE, ABDERA. AR Tetrobol. Circa 360-350 BC**THRACE, CHERSONESSOS. AR Hemidrachm. Circa 386-338 BC.
Fourth row: LUCANIA, METAPONTION. AR Stater. Circa 510-480 BC**THESSALIAN LEAGUE. AR Stater. Circa 196-146 BC**MACEDONIA. Kassander AR Tetradrachm. Circa 317-315 BC**AKARNANIA, LEUKAS. AR Stater. Circa 320-280 BC**PAMPHYLIA, ASPENDOS. AR Stater. Circa 330-300 BC.
Third row: SELEUKID SYRIA. Antiochos VI AR Drachm. Circa 144-143 BC**LUCANIA, METAPONTION. AR Stater. Circa 340-330 BC**LUCANIA, VELIA. AR Stater. Circa 280 BC**PARTHIA. Mithradates II AR Drachm. Circa 121-91 BC.
Second row: MYSIA, PERGAMMON. Eumenes I AR Tetradrachm. Circa 263-241 BC**CILICIA, TARSOS. Mazaios AR Stater. Circa 361-334 BC**THRACE. Lysimachos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 297-281 BC**CILICIA, TARSOS. Pharnabazos AR Stater. Circa 380-374 BC**THRACE, MARONEIA. AR Tetradrachm. Mid 2nd cent. BC.
Bottom row: SELEUKID SYRIA. Antiochos Euergetes VII AR Tetradrachm. Circa 138-129 BC**MACEDON. Alexander III AR Tetradrachm. Circa 325-315 BC**CILICIA, AIGEAI. AR Tetradrachm. Circa 30 BC**PAIONIA. Patraos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 335-315 BC**PAMPHYLIA, SIDE. AR Tetradrachm. Circa 155-36 BC.
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Anonymous, Smyrna, Ionia, AE16, CMYRNAIΩNAE16
AE
Roman Imperial: Smyrna, Ionia
Pseudo-Autonomous
Anonymous
Time of Trajan: 98 - 117AD
16.00mm 3.32gr 6h
O: OΠΛΟΦYΛAΖ; Herakles, bare head, right, wearing lionskin around neck; beaded border.
R: CMYRNA-IΩN; River god Hermos, reclining right, arm outstretched, holding reed, cornucopia on left arm, inverted vase, behind; beaded border.
Exergue: Wreath, above.
Smyrna, Ionia Mint
aVF
SNG Cop 1261
Sol Numismatik/Ofedia Slanic Auction VII, Lot 153.
9/10/22 9/16/22Nicholas Z
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Anonymous, Smyrna, Ionia, AE20, ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ ΑΠΑΤΟΥΡΙΟΣAE20
AE
Greek Imperial: Smyrna, Ionia
Anonymous
Issued: 75 - 50BC
Magistrate: Apatourios
20.00 x 18.00mm 5.37gr 0h
O: NO LEGEND; Turreted head of Amazon of Smyrna as Tyche, right within oak wreath.
R: [Σ]ΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ ΑΠΑΤΟΥΡΙΟΣ; Statue of Aphrodite Stratonikis right, left elbow on short column, holding Nike; bird in lower right field.
Smyrna, Ionia Mint
SNG Cop 1231; Milne 392C in NC 1928; Mionnet III, 1057; BMC 37 - 38; Paris 4339.
CSNS Harlan Berk Pick Bin
4/28/22 6/4/22 Nicholas Z
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Anonymous, Smyrna, Ionia, AE24, CMYPNAIΩN Γ NεOKOPΩNAE24
AE
Roman Provincial: Smyrna, Ionia
Pseudo-Autonomous
Anonymous
Issued: 211 - 260AD
23.70mm 5.69gr 6h
O: IεPA CYNKΛHTOC; Bare headed, draped bust of the Senate, right; beaded border.
R: CMYPNAI-ΩN Γ NεOK; Tetrastyle temple, annulet in pediment, Tyche standing facing, head left within, holding rudder in her right hand, cornucopiae on her left arm; beaded border.
Exergue: OPΩN, continuation of reverse legend, below.
Smyna, Ionia Mint
VF
Klose Smyrna XXI 019; Weber 6159;Braunschweig 463; SNG Tubingen 2463; Boston 64, 1366; Paris 2182; Athens 1096; SNG von Aulock 2190.
NBS Auctions Web Auction 14, Lot 594.
8/28/22 9/16/22Nicholas Z
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Antiochos I Soter SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Antiochos I Soter (281-261 BC). Ae. Smyrna.
Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right.
Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY.
Elephant head left. Controls: Two monograms.
SC 312.ecoli
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Antiochus I Soter - AE unit or half-unitSardes or Smyrna
280-261 BC
helmeted head of Athena facing
Nike holding wreath and palm walking left
BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTIOXOY
(MΛ) within wreath
SC I 315; Newell, WSM 1369; SNG Cop. 77; SNG Spaer 233
2,55g 13mmJ. B.
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Antiochus I Soter, 281 - 261 B.C.Antiochus I Soter, 281 - 261 B.C. Ae 12.4~13.7mm. 1.42g. Obv: Smyrna or Sardes mint. Helmeted bust of Athena facing. Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, Nike advancing left, holding wreath & palm; monogram in outer left field. SNGIs 233, Newell, WSM 1369, SNG Cop 77.ddwau
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Antiochus I Soter, 281 - 261 B.C.Antiochus I Soter, 281 - 261 B.C. Ae 16.9~18.4mm. 4.45g. Obv: Smyrna or Sardes mint. Helmeted bust of Athena facing. Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, Nike advancing left, holding wreath & palm; monogram in outer left field, countermarked - winged helmet with face plates. SNGIs 233, Newell, WSM 1370, SNG Cop 77.ddwau
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Antiochus I Soter, 281 - 261 B.C.Antiochus I Soter, 281 - 261 B.C. Ae 13.5~15.2mm. 1.99g. Obv: Smyrna or Sardes mint. Helmeted bust of Athena facing. Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, Nike advancing left, holding wreath & palm; monogram in outer left field, countermarked - winged helmet with face plates. SNGIs 233, Newell, WSM 1370, SNG Cop 77.ddwau
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Antiochus I Soter, 281 - 261 B.C.Antiochus I Soter, 281 - 261 B.C. Ae 13.8~14.7mm. 1.95g. Obv: Smyrna or Sardes mint. Helmeted bust of Athena facing. Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, Nike advancing left, holding wreath & palm; monogram in outer left field. SC I 315, SNGIs 233, Newell, WSM 1369, SNG Cop 77.ddwau
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ApolloApollo
20 mm 6.89 gm
O: Laureate head of Apollo right
R: The poet Homer seated left, holding scroll
Provincial of Ionia, SmyrnaKoffy
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Asia Minor, Ionia, Smyrna, HomerSmyrna, 105-95 BC
magistrate Kratinos, son of Kratinos
Obv.: laureate head of Apollo right
Rev.: IMΥΡNAIΩN / ΚΡΑΤΙΝΟΣ / ΚΡΑΤΙΝΟY, Homer seated left, clad in himation, right raised to his chin, volume on his knees in left
Ref.. Milne.290a
AE, 18.2 mm, 7.83 g
Ex Gitbud&Naumann
shanxi
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Augustus, with Julia Augusta (Livia), RPC 2466Ionia, Smyrna mint, Augustus, with Julia Augusta (Livia), struck circa 10 B.C. AE, 20mm 4.58g, Leontiskos Hippomedontos, magistrate, RPC 2466; SNG Copenhagen 1334
O: ΣEBAΣTΩI ZMYPNAIOI, Jugate heads right of Augustus, laureate, and Livia, draped
R: ΔIONIΣIOΣ KOΛΛYBAΣ, Aphrodite Stratonicis standing facing, holding scepter and Nike, leaning on column; to right, dove standing left
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Augustus-Smyrna AE17AE17, Ionia, Smyrna, 10 BC
Obverse: SEBASTOS ZMYPRNAIWN, Laureate head right
Reverse: DIONYSIOS KOLLYBAS, Nike standing left with wreath and palm.
RPC 2465c
17mm, 4.0gmJerome Holderman
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Æ 17; Tyche/ Aphrodite Stratonikis with NikeSmyrna (BC 180-130) AE 17, 180-130 BC. AE17. Turreted head of Tyche right, in dotted circle / Aphrodite Stratonikis in long garb and polos standing right next to column from which Nike flies up to crown her with wreath; ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ to right, magistrate to left. Ex Sayles & LavenderPodiceps
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Britannicus-NIkeAE 16, Ionia, Smyrna mint, 50-54 A.D
Obverse: ZMV, Bare head right
Reverse, EPI FILISTOU EIKADI / OS , (authorities Philistos and Eikadios), Nike flying right carrying trophy over shoulder
S 516, RPC 2476
16mm, 3.9gmJerome Holderman
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Brutus - denarius - Sear 1431Marcus Junius Brutus. Lentulus Spinther, moneyer.
Denarius, struck 42 BC. Military mint traveling with Brutus and Cassius, perhaps in Smyrna. 18 mm, 3,46 gr
Simpulum between sacrificial axe and knife, Jug and lituus, BRVTVS below /
Jug and lituus, LENTVLVS SPINT below
Sear 1431, Sear Imperators 198, Crawford 500/7.
This type shows BRTVTS, his cognomen. Sear concludes that perhaps this type is the earliest type struck in honour of the tyrannicide. Obverse and reverse show the symbols of the respective priestly colleges Brutus and Cornelius Lentulus Spinther belonged to respectively.
Limes
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C. Cassius Longinus - Sear 1447, Sear Imperators 221, RRC 500/3C. Cassius Longinus
Denarius, 17 mm, 3,61 gr. Smyrna, 42 BC
C CASSI IMP - LEIBERTAS, Head of Libertas right /
LENTVLVS SPINT, sacrificial implements: jug and lituusLimes
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C. Cassius Longinus as Imperator (42 BC)AR Denarius
19.72 mm 3.60 gr.
Obv: LEIBERTAS C CASSI IMP, Libertas diademed head right
Rev: LENTVLVS SPINT, jug and lituus
Mint: Military mint, probably Smyrna (42 BC)
Crawford 500/3; RSC I 4; Sear HCRI 221; Sydenham 1307
2 obverse and reverse die matches in Schaefer’s die study, 13/75, 13/87
[Together with the veiled Libertas type, likely struck in early 42 BC just after the conference with his co-conspirator and assassin, M. Junius Brutus, at Smyrna. These issues bear the essentially self-declared title of Imperator, as the tyrannicides had no official State status, other than that of assassin co-conspirators. At the first battle of Philippi in October 42 BC Cassius’ forces suffered a temporary rout by Antony’s forces upon which Cassius committed suicide mistakenly thinking Brutus had also suffered defeat.]Ken W2
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C. Cassius Longinus as Imperator (42 BC)AR Denarius
19.74 3.70 gr.
Obv: LEIBERTAS C CASSI IMP, Libertas veiled and draped head right
Rev: LENTVLVS SPINT, jug and lituus, double struck with rotation
Mint: Military mint, probably Smyrna (42 BC)
Crawford 500/5; RSC I 6; Sear HCRI 223; Sydenham 1305
1 obverse and reverse die match in Schaefer’s die study, 13/82Ken W2
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CASSIUSAR denarius. 42 BC. Military mint (Smyrna?). Filleted tripod surmounted by cortina and two laurel branches,on either side depends a fillet. C CASSI left,IMP right. / Jug and lituus. LENTVLVS SPINTER below. Craw 500/1. RSC Cassius 7.
CNG. EA 192. Lot 213.
CNG photograph.benito
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CASSIUS AR denarius. 42 BC. Military mint (Smyrna?). Filleted tripod surmounted by cortina and two laurel branches,on either side depends a fillet. C CASSI left,IMP right. / Jug and lituus. LENTVLVS SPINTER below. Craw 500/1. RSC Cassius 7.
CNG. EA 192. Lot 213.
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Cilicia, Irenopolis. Domitian Æ20Obv: ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ; / laureate head of Domitian, r.
Rev: ΜΒ in r. field / Nemesis advancing r., pulling fold of her robe below neck, holding winged caduceus downwards; wheel at feet.
AD 92/3
RPC II, 1765
RPC note: Sometimes classified as coins of Smyrna, in error (see D. Klose, Die Münzprägung von Smyrna XXXVIIID). Type changed from Nike (?) to Nemesis (2021)
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Claudius II - AE antoninianusSmyrna
end 268 - early 269 AD
Issue 1
radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right from behind with paludamentum
IMP C M AVR CLAVDIVS AVG
Virtus standing left, holding spear, resting hand on shield
VIRTVTI AVG
SPQR
Alf. 1938, 28.9; RIC1st 253
https://ric.mom.fr/en/coin/847
3,6g 21mm
ex NaumannJ. B.
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Claudius II AE Silvered Antoninianus23.15 mm 3.17 gr.
Obv: IMP C M AVR CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate cuirassed bust right, 2 pellets below (2nd officina)
Rev: P M TR PO P P, she-wolf standing right suckling Romulus and Remus,
SPQR in exergue
Mint: Smyrna (268-269)
Alfoldi, Berytus V, 1938 pp. 64-65 & Table XXVII, plate 12 (no pellet, 1st officina)
[Apparently very rare.]Ken W2
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countermarkmisc011Countermark, probably applied at Smyrna
Obv: Male bust right, probably Septimus Severus. Countermark: Δ in circular incuse
Rev: Figure seated left.
23 mm, 10.32 gms
Howgego 791.Charles M
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Crawford 500/1, ROMAN IMPERATORIAL, Cassius, AR DenariusRome, The Imperators.
C. Cassius Longinus. 44-42 BCE.
AR Denarius (3.38g; 20mm).
Military Mint in Smyrna.
Obverse: C. CASSI – IMP; tripod with cauldron and laurel fillets.
Reverse: LENTVLVS SPINT; jug and lituus.
References: Crawford 500/1; HCRI 219; Sydenham 1308; BMCRR (East) 79; Cassia 14.
Provenance: Nomisma 59 (14 May 2019) Lot 121; P&P Santamaria (4 May 1961) Lot 168.
This coin was struck for Cassius, one of the chief assassins of Julius Caesar, when Brutus and Cassius met in Smyrna, circa early 42 BCE. The tripod obverse type was borrowed from a slightly earlier Aureus produced for Cassius by his legate, M. Aquinus. The tripod may reference Cassius’ membership in one of the sacred colleges. Cassius was elected to the augurate in 57 BCE, to which the implements on the reverse of this coin certainly allude. The coin was produced on Cassius’ behalf by P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, who also produced coins for Brutus at the same time. For more information on Spinther, see my example of his Brutus denarius at: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-145289
Until the discovery of a large, mint-state, hoard in the early 2000’s, this was one of the rarest types in the Roman Republican series. While recent hoard examples of the type are scarce, old provenanced examples, like this, remain extremely rare.
Carausius
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Crawford 500/7, ROMAN IMPERATORIAL, Brutus and Lentulus Spinther, AR DenariusRome, The Imperators.
Brutus and Lentulus Spinther, 42 BCE.
AR Denarius (3.91g; 20mm).
Military Mint (Smyrna?).
Obv: BRVTVS; axe, simpulum and knife.
Rev: LENTVLVS SPINT; jug and lituus.
References: Crawford 500/7; HCRI 198; Sydenham 1310; BMCRR East 80-1; Junia 41.
Provenance: Ex Stoeklin Collection [Nomos14 (17 May 2017) Lot 301]; ex Munzhandlung Basel 6 (18 Mar 1936), Lot 1483; ex Trau Collection [Gilhoffer & Ranschburg & Hess (22 May 1935), Lot 37].
The sacrificial implements on the obverse refer to Brutus' membership in the college of Pontifs. The implements on the reverse refer to Spinther's membership in the augurate since 57 BCE.
Spinther was the son of P. Cornelius Lentulus, whose nickname was Spinther (reportedly because he resembled an actor by that name). It was a nickname that his father clearly liked as both he and his son later used it on coins. His father was an aristocrat of the Cornelia gens, who was liked by Julius Caesar and worked with Cicero in suppressing the Cataline conspiracy. He was later governor of part of Spain. With Caesar’s help, his father was elected consul in 57BC, when he recalled Cicero from exile. Thereafter he governed Cilicia, at which time Cicero wrote him a still-surviving letter. As relations deteriorated between Caesar and Pompey, both Spinthers sided with Pompey. Despite initial offers of amnesty by Caesar, Spinther senior would not remain neutral and was eventually killed or committed suicide during the civil wars. His son later allied with Caesar’s assassins and struck coins for both Brutus and Cassius.
Carausius
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EB0285 Apollo / HomerSmyrna, Ionia, AE 20, 200-100 BC.
Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo right.
Reverse: ΣMYΡNAIΩN, the poet Homer seated left; magistrates ΠAΣIKΡATOY [and METΡOΔΩΡOΣ].
References: BMC 106.
Diameter: 20mm, Weight: 8.453g.EB
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EB0540 Caligula / Agrippina & GermanicusCaligula, AE 22, of Smyrna, Ionia. Magistrate and proconsul Menophanes and Aviola, ca 37-38 AD.
Obv: ΓAION KAICAΡA ΓEΡMANIKON EΠI AOYIOΛA, laureate head right.
Rev: [ΓEΡMA]NIKON AΓΡ[IΠΠEINA ZMYΡNAIΩN MHNOΦANHC], Draped bust of Agrippina I right, vis-à -vis bare head of Germanicus left.
References: RPC I 2471; Klose XXIX, SNG von Aulock 2201.
Diameter: 22mm, Weight: 5.431 grams.EB
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Gallienus - BI antoninianusSmyrna
267-268 AD
radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right from behind
GALLIENVS AVG
Victory standing left, placing shield on pedestal
VICTORIA AVG
SPQR
Göbl 1550Ac, RIC V-1 (S), Asian Mint 665
3,1g 21mmJ. B.
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Gallienus, Smyrna, Tyche, AE23under magistrate M. Aurelius Sextus, ca. 260-268 AD
23mm, 6.80g
obv: laureate and draped bust right
rev: Amazon standing with small temple, bipennis and patera
ex Rauch
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Gordian III, Smyrna (Ionia), Heracles, AE21AE21, 5.52g
obv: A K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC, laureate and draped bust right
rev: CMYPNAIΩN Γ NEΩKOPΩN, Heracles standingfacing, head left, holding kantharos, club and lion skin
SNG Aulock 2230 (same dies)areich
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GREEK, Quasi-Autonomous, Ionia, Smyrna. Time of Marcus Aurelius, Circa 161-180 AD. AE 15mm.IONIA, Smyrna. Time of Marcus Aurelius, Circa 161-180 AD.
Æ 15mm (2.76 gm).
Obv: The River-God Meles reclining left, holding reed
Rev: Nike walking right, holding wreath and palm.
SNG Copenhagen 1301; Klose pg. 178, Gruppe B (V2/R-).
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Hadrian, Ionia, Smyrna, Zeus, AE33134/5 AD, M. Antonius Polemos, strategos
33mm, 27.32g
obv: [AVT KAIC TPAI AΔPIANOC]; laureate head right, slight drapery on far shoulder
rev: ΠOΛEMΩV CTPATEΓOV AVE HXE CMYP; Zeus seated right holding scepter
Klose 19-25 (V8/R-, unlisted rev. die); BMC 328 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen 1362; SNG von Aulock 2210
From the J.P. Righetti Collection, 7162
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Ionia , SmyrnaAE15, Ionia, Smyrna, 81-96 AD
Obverse: Humped bull standing right.
Reverse: Nike advancing right, trophy over shoulder.
BM-139
16mm, 3.43gm.
Jerome Holderman
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Ionia, Phokaia. Archaic female head hemihekea.Asia Minor. Ionia. c. 521-478 BC. AR Hemihekea (1.29 gm, 9.3mm) of Phokaia. "Smyrna-type" female head left, wearing helmet or sakkos, with earring. / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF. CNG EA 555 #133. Lightly toned, granular surfaces. Klein Kleinsilbermünzen 452-453; ACNAC Rosen 596-597; SNG Cop. 7 (Uncertain) #389-394; SNG Kayhan 1 #522–526, SNG Kayhan 2 #1433-1434; SNG Munich 796; SNG von Aulock 1813-1815.Anaximander
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IONIA, SMYRNAAE 22 mm 9.44 g
Ca. 190 - 175 BC
OBV: LAUREATE HEAD OF APOLLO WITHIN WREATH, R
REV: IMYRNAIWN
POET HOMER SEATED L, WITH STAFF & SCROLL, RESTING CHIN ON R HAND
BMC: 116-117, cf SNG Cop 1207; scarcer type with wreath around head of Apollo
SMYRNAlaney
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IONIA, SMYRNA3rd - 1st Century B.C.
AE 10.5 mm 1.43 g
O: Turreted head of Kybele (Cybele), right
R: SMYR downwards on right, Krater surmounted by vessel containing fire, magistrate's name starting downwards on left
Ionia, Smyrnalaney
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IONIA, SMYRNA3rd - 1st Century B.C.
AE 10 mm 1.12 g
O: Turreted head of Kybele (Cybele), right
R: Krater surmounted by vessel containing fire, shrimp to left
Ionia, Smyrnalaney
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IONIA, SMYRNA3rd Century BC
AE 11 mm 1.10 g
O: Laureate head of Apollo
R: Lyre and name of magistrate
BMC 76laney
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IONIA, SMYRNAca. 115-105 BC.
Æ 10.5 mm, 1.43 gm
O: Laureate head of Apollo right.
R: Lyre.
Ionia, Smyrna mint.; cf. Milne, Autonomous 229; SNG Copenhagen 1179-80.laney
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IONIA, SMYRNA75-50 BC
(Iatrodoros, magistrate)
AE 15.5 mm; 3.65 g
O: Laurel-wreathed head of Apollo right, within beaded border
R: IMYRNAIWN/[I]ATRODWROS to right/left of Hand wearing caestus; palm branch at right
Iona, Smyrna mint; BMC 52; Milne, Autonomous 405
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IONIA, SMYRNA85 - 75 BC
(Magistrates Dionysios and Skamandros)
AE 21 mm; 4.70 g
c. 190 - 70 B.C.; obverse turreted head of Cybele (Tyche?) right;
R: ΣMYPNAIΩN / ∆IONYΣIO / ΣKAMAN∆, Aphrodite Stratonikis, standing facing, left arm resting on column, holding wreath bearing Nike in left, scepter in right
Ionia, Smyrna mint; cf SNG Cop 1197
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IONIA, SMYRNACa 3rd Century BC.
Semi-Autonomous
AE 26 mm; 6.05 g
O: IEPA CYNKLHTOC, draped & diademed bust of the Senate right.
R: CMYP G NEWKORWN, two draped Nemeseis standing facing each another and drawing out fold of drapery at neck; the left one holds reins, the right one holding a rod, wheel at foot.
Ionia, Smyrna cf BMC: 213; SNG Aul. 7991laney
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IONIA, SMYRNAca 280-270
AE 14.5 mm; 2.30 g
O: Laureate head of Apollo right
R: Tripod, crayfish below; magistrate's name to left, ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ to right
Smyrna mintlaney
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IONIA, SMYRNA1st - 2nd Century BC.
Æ 17 mm, 4.25 g
magistrate
O: Turreted head of Tyche right.
R: ΣMΥΡNAIΩN Aphrodite Stratonikis standing facing, holding Nike with outstretched hand resting on short column; AΠΟΛΛΩNIΔΣ (magistrate's name) left; monogram in left field.
Ionia, Smyrna; cf. Milne, NC 1927, 202a. SNG Cop. 1187. Klein, KM 60, 466 laney
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Ionia, SmyrnaIONIA, Smyrna. Circa 75-50 BC. Æ. Metrodoros, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / The poet Homer seated left, holding scroll; star above knee. Milne, Autonomous 381; SNG Copenhagen 1212.ecoli
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Ionia, SmyrnaAE15, 190-175 BC
Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo right.
Reverse: ZMYNRNAIWN, Two forearms and hands in caestus (Boxing gloves), flanked by two laurel branches.
References: BMC 61-63 Scarce.Justin L
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Ionia, Smyrna AR Stephanophoric TetradrachmCirca 155-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.33gm, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Zopy(ros?) magistrate. Milne, Silver 4, obv. die G; SNG Copenhagen-; Weber 6617. Obverse: turreted head of Cybele or Tyche right. Reverse: ethnic and monogram within wreath. EF with purple toning. Peripheral roughness.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 326, lot 133.
With the collapse of Seleukid authority in Asia Minor in 189 BC, many communities of northwestern Asia Minor celebrated their liberation from regal authority by issuing series of large and impressive tetradrachmai. All of these coins were struck on the reduced Attic standard, and were struck on broad, thin flans that were influenced by the Athenian New Style coinage. These series also copied a feature on their reverses, a large laurel wreath that formed the border encompassing the entire reverse type. We know from the Delos inventory lists that these coins were referred to as stephanophoroi, attesting to the ubiquity of these series. The types appearing on the coins clearly indicated their civic nature, depicting the city's patron deity on the obverse and various aspects of the city's culture on the reverse. The stephanophoric coinage is regarded among the more artistic of the Hellenistic period. This is no surprise as nearly all of the issuing cities were located in western Asia Minor, an area whose numismatic artistry is well attested in the preceding Classical period. While the stephanophoroi represent a benchmark in coin design, the reason for their introduction is not certain, and there is little consensus among numismatists. On one extreme, C. Boehringer argued that their appearance and consistency represented an “Aegean Münzunion” (Boehringer, Chron., pp. 38-9), while at the other O. Mørkholm argued that the wreaths were not indicative of any political or economic significance, but merely the result of a design that gained popularity throughout the northern Aegean ("Chronology and Meaning of the Wreath Coinages of the early 2nd. Cent. B.C.," QT 9 [1980], pp. 145-54). Jason T
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Ionia, Smyrna mint, SNG Copenhagen 1140Ionia, Smyrna mint, c. 145-125 B.C. AE, 20mm 6.6g, Milne, Autonomous 183a; SNG Copenhagen 1140
O: laureate head of Apollo right
R: ΣMYPANIΩN, Homer seated left in himation, right hand raised to chin, left holding volume on his knees, transverse staff behind, magistrate Diogenes Euryd’s name on left ΔIOΓENHΣ / TOY
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Ionia, Smyrna mint, SNG Kayhan 596Ionia, Smyrna mint, 105-95 B.C. AE, 19mm 4.48g, SNG Kayhan 596
O: Turreted head of Tyche r.; dotted border
R: to right, ZMΥΡNAIΩN to left, MOΣXOΣ, Aphrodite Stratonikis standing right, left hand on column, holding wreath bearing Nike
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Ionia, Smyrna, (2nd. cent. B.C.), BMC 17, AE-13, ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ/ΠAΡAMONOΣ, Magistrate Paramonos, Tripod, Rare! #1Ionia, Smyrna, (2nd. cent. B.C.), BMC 17, AE-13, ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ/ΠAΡAMONOΣ, Magistrate Paramonos, Tripod, Rare! #1
avers: No legend, laureate head of Apollo right.
reverse: ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ/ΠAΡAMONOΣ, Magistrate Paramonos, Tripod.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 12,0-12,5mm, weight: 2,05g, axes: 0h,
mint: Ionia, Smyrna, date: 2nd. cent. B.C.,
ref: BMC 17, p-239, SNG Kayhan -,
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Ionia, Smyrna, (c.75-50 B.C.), AE-23, SNG Cop 1211, Homer seated left, Very Rare!Ionia, Smyrna, (c.75-50 B.C.), AE-23, SNG Cop 1211, Homer seated left, Very Rare!
avers:- No legend, laureate head of Apollo right.
revers:- ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ/MEΓAKΛHΣ, Homer seated left, holding book and resting chin on hand. Magistrate Megakles. Star in the field.
exerg: -/-//--, diameter: 23,5mm, weight: 12,11g, axes: 0h,
mint: Ionia, Smyrna, date:c. 75-50B.C., ref: SNG Cop 1211, Milne 379, BMC Ionia ???, Very Rare !
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J.G. Milne,"The Autonmous Coinage of Smyrna, Section III," Numismatic Chronicle, 1928, p. 145 for this variety. The whole article is pp. 131-171 and Plates VII-VIII. In the description do not forget the star in the field. This is one of the latest of Smyrna's autonomous issues." by djmacdo . Thanks.quadrans
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Ionia, Smyrna, 2nd-1st cent. BC. AE11Ionia, Smyrna, 2nd-1st cent. BC.
Obv. Laureate head of Apollo right
Rev. Lyre and name of MagistrateLee S
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Ionia, Smyrna, Amazon / prow, AE1919mm, 3.47g
obv: CMYPNA; draped bust of turreted Amazon Smyrna left, holding labrys over shoulder
rev: CMYPN[AIΩ]N; prow rightareich
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