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Catalogue information
LastDodo number
5276015
Area
Coins
Title
Smyrna, Ionia, AE24, after 190 BC, Magistrate Atrodoros
Country
Face value
Year
-190
Variety / overstrike
Head of State
Type
Designer
Series
Theme
Material
Weight
13.50
Diameter
24.25
Thickness
Punch
Shape
Obverse
Laureate head of Apollo right
Reverse
ZMYRNAIWN - ATRODWROS in fields, The poet Homer seated left, star before
Edge
Privy mark
Mint mark
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
Catalogue number
Milne 403; SNG Copenhagen 1214; BMC 244
Details
Homer, poet and writer of the Iliad and the Odyssey, was believed to have been born in Smyrna in the 8th century BC. Homer was often depicted on the coins from Smyrna.
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Homerus, dichter en schrijver van de Ilias en de Odyssee werd vermoedelijk geboren in Smyrna in de 8e eeuw voor Christus. Homerus werd veelvuldig op de munten uit Smyrna afgebeeld.