Keep thinking I have bought my last coin and then couldn't resis this. Sellers pics. Ionia, Kolophon Circa 50 BC, AE18 Ancient Coins - Ionia, Kolophon Circa 50 BC, AE18 6.55g Homer seated left, holding a scroll and resting chin on his right hand. “A?OLLAS” magistrate Apollo advancing right, holding lyre. “KO?OFONION” SNG Cop 179
There are so few coins with Homer on them, I too am quite surprised at how inexpensive this type is. Your coin has everything going for it - congrats!
Thank you. It was your coin that inspired me to look for him, I had no idea he was represented on coins.
Fun and very desirable example. Welcome to the Homeric club: Ionia, Smyrna. Circa 125-115 BC. Æ 20mm (21mm, 8.27g). Phanokrates, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / The poet Homer seated left, holding scroll. Milne, Autonomous 194a; SNG Copenhagen. Former Kairos Numismatik
Beautiful! - Love the Apollo/Lyre in place of Apollo's head. V. uncommon. (As @Ryro says) - "Welcome to the Homeric club:" All the world loves a 'Homer'. 145-125 B.C. IONIA Smyrna, Milne 174
I found the lyre was the most clear in the coins available/affordable, I was very pleased to get it today after my appointment at the hospital.
Won at AMCC2 auction, November 2019, I think I have shown it before AE Homereion, Ionia, Smyrna, c. 105-95 BC, issued under Hieronymos, son of Hieronymos 21 mm, 8.713 g Ref.: Heyman, "Homer on Coins from Smyrna," SPNO I, Type I; BMC Ionia pg. 246, 99 var. (magistrate); SNG Copenhagen 1160 var. (magistrate's name). From the JB (Edmonton) collection; Issues with Homer sitting in himation holding a scroll were struck for quite some time in Smyrna, which explains the different magistrate names on the reverse. Ob.: Laureate head of Apollo right. Rev.: ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ, the poet Homer seated left, clad in himation, holding scroll, magistrate's name in two lines to left ΙΕΡΩΝΥΜΟΣ ΙΕPΩΝΥΜΟΥ Sellers picture, which are always better than mine:
