Ionia, Ephesos, Domitian
370,00 €
Description
Ionia, Ephesos, Domitian (81 – 96 AD). Homonoia with Smyrna. Caesennius Paetus, Proconsul, 91-95 AD. Struck ca 91-95 AD. ΔOMITIANOC KAICAP CЄBACTOC ΓЄPMANIKOC; laureate bust right, slight drapery and aegis on far shoulder / ANΘY KAICЄN ПAITOY OMONOIA; two Amazons clasping right hands, each holding labrys, ZMYP to left, εΦε to right.
Specifications
| Diameter [mm]: | AE30 |
| Weight [g]: | 16,92 |
| Grade: | gF/gF |
| Attribution: | RPC II 1080; SNG München 289; BMC 408 |
| Commentary: | rare; dark green patina with minor breaks on reverse, good details with legible legends |
Historical Context
In the 1st century AD the rivalry between the cities of western Asia Minor became so fierce, that a kind of inter-city cooperative diplomacy - homonoia - was widely used to chanel this competition into more cooperative ways.
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