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Temnos, Aeolis, c. 188 - 170 B.C., In the Name and Types of Alexander The Great
Temnos (Temnus) on the western coast of Anatolia near the Hermus River, was a small Greek city-state of Aeolis, later incorporated in the Roman province of Asia. Under Augustus it was already on the decline, under Tiberius it was destroyed by an earthquake, and in the time of Pliny (23 - 79 A.D.) it was no longer inhabited. It was, however, rebuilt later. One of the city's more noteworthy figures was the rhetorician Hermagoras.SH95976. Silver tetradrachm, Price 1676, Müller Alexander 956, SNG Saroglos 426, VF, centered on a extraordinarily broad hammered flan, scratches and bumps, Aeolis, Temnos (Menemen?, Izmir, Turkey) mint, weight 16.218g, maximum diameter 38.3mm, die axis 0o, c. 188 - 170 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse Zeus Aëtophoros seated left on high-backed throne, bare to the waist, himation around hips and legs, eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, right leg drawn back, AΛEΞANΔPOY downward on right, monograms above oinochoe within vine tendril in left field; from the Errett Bishop Collection, huge 38.3 mm flan!; SOLD
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