Description: Ionia, Smyrna, 105 - 95 BC. Magistrate Heras. Veiled and turreted bust of Tyche right / ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ; statue of Aphrodite Stratonikis, elbow on short column, holding Nike; ΗPΑΣ and monogram left.

Diameter: AE17 mm

Weight: 5,32 g

Grade: VF/VF

Attribution: SNG Cop 1191; BMC 239.20ff var.

Commentary: attractive green patina, obverse slightly off-center

History: Smyrna was always supporting Rome and even donated clothes to the Roman army during a campaign against Mithradates.

Article Number: 012-02-01-41652