Description: Ionia, Smyrna, 115 - 105 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / ZΜΥΡ (off flan), EPPY... (magistrate); lyre with turtle shell.

Diameter: AE9 mm

Weight: 0,92 g

Grade: gF/VF

Attribution: Milne, Autonomous 229; SNG Cop 1179-80

Commentary: dark olive patina, great reverse

History: Seeking Rome's help, the city of Smyrna created about 195 BC the cult of Rome with the Roma as deity - a novelty which spread throughout the empire.

Article Number: 039-01-05-41652