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Electronic Auction 503

Lot nuber 216

IONIA, Smyrna. Circa 115-105 BC. Æ (19.5mm, 7.11 g, 12h). Semagoras, magistrate.


Electronic Auction 503
Lot: 216.
 Estimated: $ 100

Greek, Bronze

Sold For $ 225. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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IONIA, Smyrna. Circa 115-105 BC. Æ (19.5mm, 7.11 g, 12h). Semagoras, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Homer seated left, resting chin on hand and holding scepter; monogram and ΣHMAΓOPAΣ to left. Milne, Autonomous, Period XII, 249; SNG Copenhagen 1150. Green patina. VF. Well centered.

Ex Plankenhorn Collection of Ionian Coins.

This type is often referred to as a ‘Homereum,’ based on a passage in Strabo’s Geographica (xiv, i.37): “[T]he Smyrnaeans also lay especial claim to the poet [Homer] and indeed a bronze coin of theirs is called a Homereum.”

Closing Date and Time: 3 November 2021 at 11:11:40 ET.

All winning bids are subject to an 18% buyer’s fee.