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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Ionia| > |Colophon| > GB97290
Kolophon, Ionia, c. 190 - 30 B.C.
|Colophon|, |Kolophon,| |Ionia,| |c.| |190| |-| |30| |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.
GB97290. Bronze AE 18, SNG Cop 184; SNG Munchen 556; Milne Colophon 178; BMC Ionia p. 41, 42; SNGvA 2017 var. (magistrate), aVF, green patina, some corrosion, light earthen deposits, Kolophon (near Degirmendere Fev, Turkey) mint, weight 5.484g, maximum diameter 17.9mm, die axis 0o, magistrate Apollas, c. 50 B.C.; obverse Homer seated left in himation, right hand raised to chin (the thinker pose!), scroll in his left hand resting on his knees, AΠOΛΛAΣ (magistrate) downward on left; reverse Apollo standing right, phiale in right hand, kithara (lyre) in left hand, KOΛOΦΩNIΩN downward on left; SOLD










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