Ionia, Kolophon; Homer/Apollo
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Description
Ionia, Kolophon, ca. 50 BC. Pytheos, magistrate. ΠYΘEOΣ; Homer seated left, holding scroll in his left hand and propping his head on his right / KOΛOΦΩNIΩN; Apollo standing right, holding kithara in his left hand and phiale in his right.
Specifications
| Diameter [mm]: | AE19 |
| Weight [g]: | 4,98 |
| Grade: | aVF/aVF |
| Attribution: | Milne, Colophon, 177; SNG Cop. 186-187 |
| Commentary: | dark brown patina, some roughness |
Historical Context
Kolophon was along with the island of Khios and the city of Smyrna cited as a possible birthplace of Homer.
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