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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3441635, member: 57495"]Nice writeup and coins. I especially like the JC fourree.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's another coin with Homer on it, but from Kolophon.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]913838[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>IONIA, Kolophon</b></p><p>AE19. 4.28g, 19.4mm, IONIA, Kolophon, circa 50 BC, Apollas, magistrate. SNG Cop 184; Milne, Colophon 178. O: AΠOΛΛAΣ, Homer seated, resting chin on right hand, in left hand holding a volume on his knee. R: ΚΟΛΟΦΩΝΙΩΝ, Apollo standing right, phiale in right, lyre in left.</p><p><br /></p><p>This rough little bronze from Ophryneion has on the obverse the head of Hektor, Troy's greatest champion, who killed the Greek hero Protesilaus, dueled Ajax the Great for an entire day to a statelmate, and was finally overcome by Achilles in single combat. His tomb was said to have been located at Ophryneion.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]913842[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>TROAS, Ophryneion</b></p><p>AE12. 1.9g, 12mm. TROAS, Ophryneion, circa 350-300 BC. SNG Copenhagen 456-9; SNG von Aulock 1559; BMC p.75, 4-7. O: Bearded head of Hektor three-quarter facing right, wearing triple-crested helmet with cheek guards raised. R: ΟΦΡΥ, infant Dionysos naked, kneeling right, holding out bunch of grapes in right hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lastly, a Roman provincial from the actual Troy. Emperor Augustus founded a new city on the site called Ilium, after the original Greek name for the city.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]913849[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>SALONINA</b></p><p>AE22. 4.96g, 22.2mm. TROAS, Ilium (Troy), AD 253-268. Bellinger, Troy, T294; SNG Munich 279; SNG Cop 443. O: CAΛΩNINA CEB, diademed and draped bust right. R: IΛ-IE-ΩN, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Athena right, wearing aegis.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3441635, member: 57495"]Nice writeup and coins. I especially like the JC fourree. Here's another coin with Homer on it, but from Kolophon. [ATTACH=full]913838[/ATTACH] [B]IONIA, Kolophon[/B] AE19. 4.28g, 19.4mm, IONIA, Kolophon, circa 50 BC, Apollas, magistrate. SNG Cop 184; Milne, Colophon 178. O: AΠOΛΛAΣ, Homer seated, resting chin on right hand, in left hand holding a volume on his knee. R: ΚΟΛΟΦΩΝΙΩΝ, Apollo standing right, phiale in right, lyre in left. This rough little bronze from Ophryneion has on the obverse the head of Hektor, Troy's greatest champion, who killed the Greek hero Protesilaus, dueled Ajax the Great for an entire day to a statelmate, and was finally overcome by Achilles in single combat. His tomb was said to have been located at Ophryneion. [ATTACH=full]913842[/ATTACH] [B]TROAS, Ophryneion[/B] AE12. 1.9g, 12mm. TROAS, Ophryneion, circa 350-300 BC. SNG Copenhagen 456-9; SNG von Aulock 1559; BMC p.75, 4-7. O: Bearded head of Hektor three-quarter facing right, wearing triple-crested helmet with cheek guards raised. R: ΟΦΡΥ, infant Dionysos naked, kneeling right, holding out bunch of grapes in right hand. Lastly, a Roman provincial from the actual Troy. Emperor Augustus founded a new city on the site called Ilium, after the original Greek name for the city. [ATTACH=full]913849[/ATTACH] [B]SALONINA[/B] AE22. 4.96g, 22.2mm. TROAS, Ilium (Troy), AD 253-268. Bellinger, Troy, T294; SNG Munich 279; SNG Cop 443. O: CAΛΩNINA CEB, diademed and draped bust right. R: IΛ-IE-ΩN, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Athena right, wearing aegis.[/QUOTE]
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