2285 - Smyrna (AE Apollo/Homer) over Smyrna (uncertain type) (Rauch, 87, Dec. 2010, 137)

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75 BCE - 30 BCE | ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
Smyrna_Apollo-Homer_1207.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s) ᵖ: Rauch, 87, 8 Dec. 2010, 137 = Herbert Grün, 64, 20 Nov. 2014, 988

Overstriking coin

Description
Obverse: Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. All within laurel wreath. Reverse: ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ (Greek) Homer seated left, holding stick.
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Smyrna Ancient region Ionia Modern country: Turkey Authority:
Chronology
From 75 BCE to 30 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Metal: Bronze Nomisma.org Weight in grams: 8.998.99 g <br />8,990 mg <br />
References
Coin reference: Coin series reference: "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1BMC Ionia, p. 247, n° 116-117, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2SNG Copenhagen Ionia 3, n° 1207, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Milne 1927
Coin series web reference:

Overstruck type

Description
Obverse: ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ (Greek) Reverse:
Mint and issuing power
Mint ᵖ: Smyrna Ancient region ᵖ Ionia Modern country: Turkey Authority ᵖ:
Chronology
From 100 BCE to 50 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
References
Coin type reference ᵖ:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikes: rare and concentrated Level of confidence:
Remarks: "Überprägungsspuren"

References

  1. ^  Head, V. Barclay (1892), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. vol. XIV : Ionia, London, The Trustees, p. 453, pl. XXXIX.
  2. ^  Breitenstein, Niels (1946), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum, 24. Ionia, Part 3. Smyrna - Teos. Islands, Copenhagen, Einar Munksgaard
  3. ^  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