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Ancient Coinage of Ionia, Klazomenai


Today's reconstructed 6th century BC olive oil extraction installation of Klazomenai
[BMC 22]

Klazomenai or Clazomenae, in Ionia, on the shores of the Gulf of Smyrna

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CITY AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS COINAGE
BMC 22Ionia, Klazomenai AR Drachm. ca 387-360 BC. Pytheos, magistrate. Head of Apollo facing slightly left, in laurel wreath / KLA, swan standing left with wings spread; PUQEOS [and monogram] above. TextImage
BMC 46Ionia, Clazomenae AE14. 387 - 300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo laureate left / Swan standing left; above, magistrate name. TextImage
BMC 75Klazomenai, Ionia, AE19, ca 386-301 BC. Apollonides, magistrate. Three-quarter facing head of Athena, wearing triple crested helmet, head turned slightly right / KLAZOME-NIWN above, APOLLW-NIDHS beneath forepart of ram leaping right. BMC Ionia 75. TextImage
BMC 111Klazomenai, Ionia, Pseudo-autonomous issue, ca. 100-200 AD. AE 16mm; 2.1g. Helmeted and draped bust of Athena right / KLA-ZOM-E, NIWN around and beneath winged boar running right. SNG Cop 114; BMC 111.TextImage
Imhoof KM 14AClazomenae, Ionia, AE. 300-280 BC. 1 gr. Helmeted head of Athena right / ERM-ODIKOS, ram standing left. Imhoof KM 14A.TextImage
Imhoof KM 67Clazomenae, Ionia AE10.7; 387-300 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / Ram standing left, owl to left. cf. Imhoof KM 14.TextImage
LeRider 1cfIonia, Klazomenai, El Stater. Ca 540–520 BC. Two nude, bearded men standing confronted, holding between them a kantharos in their right hands and, below it, a wreath in their left hands / rectangular incuse, partially filled. NISC. TextImage
Mionnet 26Ionia Klazomenai AR Diobol. 1.31 gm, ca 460 BC. Forepart of boar right / helmeted head of Athena right in incuse square. Mionnet Supp. 6, 26.TextImage
Mionnet 52Klazomenai, Ionia, AE17. Laureate head of Apollo left / Swan left, wing open, with neck curled back onto itself. Mionnet Supp. 6, 52 TextImage
Rosen_546cfIonia, Klazomenai. c5th Century BC. AR Obol. Forepart of winged boar right / Archaic helmeted head of Athena right, within incuse square. TextImage
Sear #3502Ionia, Klazomenae AR Drachm. ca 520-480 BC. Forepart of winged boar left / quadripartite incuse square. BMC 9-10. TextImage
Sear #3503Ionia, Klazomenai AR Diobol. Late 6th Century BC. Forepart of a winged boar right / quadripartite incuse square, with K in one compartment. BMC 14.
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Sear #4323Ionia, Klazomenai AE18. 380-300 BC. Head of Athena three-quarter facing to right, wearing triple-crested helmet / KLAXOME/NIWN, ram walking right, thunderbolt before. BMC 59. TextImage
Sear #4324Ionia, Klazomenai. ca 375-340 BC. AE 12mm. Three-quarter facing head of Athena, head turned slightly right, in triple crested helmet & necklace / Ram walking right; pellet before, magistrate BIWN. BMC 64, SNG Cop 78.
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SNGCop 10Ionia, Klazomenai? Circa 5th Century BC. AR Diobol (1.00 gm). Forepart of winged boar / Quadripartite incuse square; K in third quadrant. TextImage
SNGCop 31cfIonia, Klazomenai AE10. 4th Century BC. Head of Athena right in crested helmet / magistrate (...)IGL(...)-XHN above and below head of ram right. Sear 4322 var. TextImage
SNGCop 47vIonia, Klazomenai. Circa 400-350 BC. AE 11mm. Head of Athena right / Ram recumbent left; TUBH (magistrate) in three lines. TextImage
SNGCop 50vIonia, Klazomenai. ca 375-340 BC. AE 12mm. Head of Athena left, in crested Attic helmet & necklace / Recumbent ram left; magistrate AP-OLLW-NIOS. TextImage
SNGCop 73Ionia, Klazomenai. Circa 4th century BC. AE 13mm. Athena 3/4 facing right / Ram walking right. TextImage
SNGCop 78
Sear #4324		Ionia, Klazomenai. ca 375-340 BC. AE 12mm. Three-quarter facing head of Athena, head turned slightly right, in triple crested helmet & necklace / Ram walking right; pellet before, magistrate BIWN. BMC 64, SNG Cop 78. TextImage
SNGCop 85Klazomenai, Ionia. 4th c. B.C. AE 17 mm. Head of Athena facing three-quarters to right, wearing triple-crested helmet / Ram walking right, thunderbolt before.TextImage
SNGCop 87Ionia, Klazomenai. ca 375-340 BC. AE 18mm. Three-quarter facing head of Athena, head turned slightly right, in triple crested helmet decorated with olive branch, earrings & necklace / KLAZOMENIWN, ram walking right; boar's head before. TextImage
SNGLockett_2794Ionia, Klazomenai AR Hemidrachm. Circa 387-340 BC. Wreathed head of Apollo facing slightly left / Swan left; QEODWROS (magistrate). TextImage
SNGvA_1994Ionia, Klazomenai. c.4th Century BC. AE 13mm. Bust of Athena three-quarters right, wearing triple-crested helmet / Ram standing right. TextImage
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SNGvA_1995Ionia, Klazomenai. Circa 4th Century BC. AE 17mm (5.05 gm). Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian style helmet / KLAXOME/NIWN/MHTRODW-ROS. TextImage
Weber_5745Ionia, Klazomenae AR Pentobol. ca 480-450 BC. KLA, forepart of winged boar left / Ram's head right, in incuse square. TextImage
Winterthur 2999Ionia, Clazomenae AR Pentobol. Late fifth century BC. KLA, forepart of winged boar monster running right / Ram head right in shallow incuse square. Traite 6. TextImage
AUGUSTUS
RPC 2495Augustus, AE of Klazomenai, Ionia. 5.49 g. SEBASTOS KTISTHS, laureate head right / KLAZOMENIWN, warrior advancing right, holding spear and shield. RPC 2495; BMC 115.TextImage
BRITANNICUS
RPC 2503Britannicus, AE15 of Klazomenai, Ionia. 41-54 AD. KAISAR BRITANNIKOS, draped bust right / KLAZOME, NIWN below; ram recumbent right, head turned back. RPC 2503; BMC 121; SNG Copenhagen 120.TextImage
See also: Perseus Project database, coins of Klazomenai
Entry for Ionia, Klazomenai on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Clazomenai in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Search for Klazomenai at AsiaMinorCoins.com
Search for Clazomenai in the ANS Database
Search for Clazomenai in the RPC IV (Antonines) database at the Ashmolean Museum
Search for Klazomenai at AncientImports.com
Search for Klazomenai at Incitatus Coins

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