200 BC - 75 BC

Ionia Smyrna
Ιωνία   Σμύρνη

AE 20

SHH 6951

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8.87 g   19.7-20.7 mm   3.2 eqmm   1:00 o'clock   VF   centering - / - σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 5.2, rev. 5.5 MS/m 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; ΖMYPN[AIΩN] to right, magistrate's name  ΕΠΙΚΡΑΤ[ΗΣ] // ΕΡΜΟΚΡΑ[ΤΟΥ] to left. ? Copenhagen V 1127/1165 variant (190-75 BC); Milne (1927) 271; Sear Greek 4571/4572 variant (2nd-1st century BC); von Aulock 2167 variant Ex Ares Numismatics 3E/65, 20.10.2019