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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Broucheion, post: 8171260, member: 104887&quot;]Hi All,</p><p><br /></p><p>A seldom seen Ptolemaic AE from Ptolemais-Lebedus in Ionia.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1427534[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Lebedus was 36 km to the NW of Ephesus. The Turkish villages Urkmez and Doganbeyli lie near the remains of the ancient city. It was built on the bay of Ephesus, on the western coast of Asia Minor. Traces of the city can be found on the Kisik Peninsula and on the mainland opposite. The peninsula is low and rocky, about 270m long, and is connected with the mainland through an isthmus 200m wide. On the western mainland there is a hill about 60m high. The position Koimetouria is to the east, within 1 hour from the peninsula. Ancient remains have been traced in both positions. Hellenistic years it was renamed Ptolemais, possibly by the king of Egypt Ptolemy III Euergetes (‘Benefactor’/246-221 BC) and maintained the name until about the early 2nd century BC. <i>[As seen 18 Jan 2022 at <a href="http://asiaminor.ehw.gr/Forms/fLemmaBody.aspx?lemmaid=6928" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://asiaminor.ehw.gr/Forms/fLemmaBody.aspx?lemmaid=6928" rel="nofollow">http://asiaminor.ehw.gr/Forms/fLemmaBody.aspx?lemmaid=6928</a></i> ]</p><p><br /></p><p>- Broucheion</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Next: Another coin from Ionia.</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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