200 BC - 75 BC

Ionia Smyrna
Ιωνία   Σμύρνη

AE 20

SHH 880

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8.66 g   19.2-20.7 mm   3.2 eqmm   12:00 o'clock   VF   centering - / - Laureate head of Apollo right, hair dressed in archaic style with three curles behind. Homer seated left, holding scroll in left hand, right hand raised to chin; ΖMYPNAIΩN to right, magistrate's name ΗΡ[ΩΙ]ΔΗΣ // ΑΡΧΙΟΥ to left. ? Copenhagen V --- (75-50 BC); Lindgren II 541 cf (different magistrate's name); Milne 281; Sear Greek 4571/4572 variant (2nd-1st century BC, different magistrate's name) Ex H.J. Berk Auction /402, 25.8.2004