75 BCE - 50 BCE | ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ
Overstriking coin
Smyrna_Classical_Numismatic_Group, _EA_217, _26_August_2009, _116.jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Classical Numismatic Group, EA 217, 26 August 2009, 116 = Classical Numismatic Group, EA 280, 6 June 2012, 51
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. All within laurel wreath.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ (Greek) Homer seated left, holding stick.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Smyrna
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Ionia
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Modern countryModern country: Turkey
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AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 75 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 50 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.587.58 g <br />7,580 mg <br />
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Modern countryModern country:
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
References
- ^ Milne, Joseph Grafton (1927), “The Autonomous coinage of Smyrna,” The Numismatic Chronicle, ser. 5, Vol. 3 (1923), p. 1-30, pls. I-II Vol. 7 (1927), p. 1-107, pls. I-V Vol. 8 (1928), p. 131-171, pls. VII-VIII
