bgr_1172910 - IONIA - KLAZOMENAI Demi-unité
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Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 390-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Clazomène, Ionie
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 2,50 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, centré des deux côtés. Joli portrait d’Apollon. Usure régulière. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à gauche, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque.
Reverse
Reverse description : Cygne à gauche, tournant la tête à droite, les ailes déployées.
Reverse legend : DHMHTRIOS EULEO
Historical background
IONIA - KLAZOMENAI
(3rd - 2nd century BC)
Clazomene, located in the southern peninsula of the Gulf of Smyrna, was placed under the protection of Apollo, protector of the herds. The swan on the reverse seems to have been a play on words with the name of the city. At the mouth of the Hermos delta, Clazomene was a breeding region. Anaxagoras was from Clazomene.
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