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| Issuer | Smyrna (Ionia) |
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| Year | 125 BC - 115 BC |
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| Currency | Attic drachm |
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| Reverse description | Homer, the legendary epic poet and patron deity of Smyrna, seated left upon a throne or chair, his draped figure rendered in careful detail. He holds an open scroll in his raised left hand, while his right hand is lifted in a gesture of declamation or recitation. A diagonal scepter or staff appears in the background field. The Greek legend ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΣ appears above and ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ below or in the field, identifying the issuing magistrate and the civic authority of Smyrna. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΣ ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ |
| Edge | Plain |
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