Greek Bronze from Klazomenai

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  1. gsimonel

    gsimonel Well-Known Member

    My apologies for the poor photo. It's late (for me) and I haven't dragged out all my regular photo equipment. Plus, the coin is only 9 mm, so I'm forced to use my USB microscope. Weight is 0.6 g.

    Klazomenai.jpg

    I'm fairly certain that it is from Klazomenai, in Ionia, because (in hand) there is a clearly a "K Lambda" above the ram, (standing right, on the reverse). I think the obverse is Athena, facing right.

    I can't find any other examples on the internet. Is it unpublished? This coins seems about half the size of a typical bronze from Klazomenai. I assume this coin is from ca. 4th century B.C. Has anyone ever seen one like this before? Anyone know of a reference?
     
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  3. shanxi

    shanxi Well-Known Member

    From ISEGRIM:

    IONIA, Clazomenae. 400-300 BC. AE. Obverse: HEAD WOMAN R / ATHENA (HELMET). Reverse: ΚΛΑ; ANIMAL STANDING R / RAM .
    1. 8.89mm BMC Ionia p. 24, #54
     
  4. gsimonel

    gsimonel Well-Known Member

    Thank you, shanxi!
     
  5. TIF

    TIF Always learning.

    I have a couple of tiny bronzes from Klazomenai which I also could not find. I looked through Imhoof and other public domain resources.

    What's the device above your ram? Could it be a pigasus? That's why I bought mine. I was unable to find this coin with mention of a winged boar above the ram, although maybe it just wasn't mentioned.

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    IONIA, Klazomenai
    4th century BC
    AE10.7, 1.53 gm.
    Obv: head of Athena right
    Rev: ram lying left, winged boar above, phi-ANOK
    Ref: Not in literature consulted.

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    (same general description as above, not sure of the legends or other letters)
     
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  6. PeteB

    PeteB Well-Known Member

    Klazomenai.jpg
    IONIA, Klazomenai. Mid-late 4th century BC. Æ (10mm, 1.36 gm, 12h). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. Rev: ΚΛΑ, head of Ram, right. BMC 22, 43; SNG Copenhagen 29; von Aulock__.
     
  7. eparch

    eparch Well-Known Member

    One of my earlier
    flying pigs

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    IONIA. Klazomenai. Hemiobol (5th century BC).

    Obv: Forepart of winged boar right.
    Rev: Quadripartite incuse square.
    SNG von Aulock 1985; Klein 817. Sear p. 326
    Weight:.33g.
    Diameter: 6 mm.
     
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  8. gsimonel

    gsimonel Well-Known Member

    It's just the KΛ. I assume there was also supposed to be an A, but I think it's off the flan. I will try to take a better photo of it this weekend.

    What is Imhoof? I haven't heard of that.
     
  9. gsimonel

    gsimonel Well-Known Member

    Here's a better photo of the OP:
    Klazomenai.jpg
    It looks a lot like PeteB's coin. The Lambda doesn't show up well in the photo, but you can see the K . . .A
     
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