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This coin was minted at Smyrna which used to be famous only for being the home of Homer (he wrote Iliad, Odyssey).
Note from Curtis Clay - Klose, Muenzpraegung von Smyrna in der roem. Kaiserzeit, obv. die 6 rev. die 9 (pl. 9), cat. 11 p. 164 (12 spec.), dated "2nd-3rd cent." ...
Smyrna
RPC 2476
Ionia, Smyrna. 'Britannicus'. Died 55 AD. Æ 17mm. Bare head of Britannicus(?) right / Nike flying right, holding trophy over her left shoulder.
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Smyrna, Before circ. B.C. 585, EL. Stater, 248.2 grs, B. M. C., Ion., Pl. II. 1., obv lion's head with open jaws, rev rough incuse square. The specific gravity of the stater is 14.36 and its gold contents therefore about 59 percent of pure gold.
Smyrna, Ionia
Obv: M ΩTACIΛ CEOVPA
Draped bust right.
Rev: ΣMVPNAIΩN Î" NEΩKOPΩN
Hercules standing left, with lion skin over forearm, holding cantharus and club.
(SNG Von Aulock 2232) ...
Smyrna. As the old town of Smyrna was not destroyed by Alyattes until about B.C.
Ionia, Smyrna Æ 16, 2.76g -Time of Trajan - Hadrian 98-138
Obv: head of Herakles right;.
Rev: CMYPNA/ION, rivergod Hermos reclining l., holding reed, arm resting on an urn from which water flows.
Ex: Tom Vossen ...
RP3. Ionia, Smyrna, Imperial times, ca late 2nd-3rd Century AD, AE25. Senate bust rt./Homonoia standing left, BMC 247. Centered, dark brown patina, clear types, attractive, SCARCE, Very Fine....$125 Photo ...
September 9 - Turkish forces pursuing withdrawing Greek troops enter Smyrna
September 11 - One of the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia's predecessor papers The Sun News-Pictorial is founded.
- Louis Moskovits, New Smyrna Beach, Florida, circa 1934.
- Lichtenfels Collection sale (Kreisberg-Schulman) March 1964, Lot 1107.
- Lester Merkin sale of October 1973, Lot 457.
Eddy, Samuel K., The Minting of Antoniniani A.D. 238-249 and the Smyrna Hoard, ANS NNM No.156, 1967
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Muona, Jyrki, "The Antoniniani of Philip the Arab", , Vol. 16 No. 2 February 2002 pp6ff.
The affair of Martin Koszta, a Hungarian refugee, who was seized at Smyrna by an Austrian vessel and given up on the demand of the captain of an American ship-of-war, excited great interest in Europe and redounded to the credit of our government.
 See also: Struck, Shield, Bust, Eagle, Coin
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