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[Milne 3]Smyrna, on the coast of Ionia, now Izmir, Turkey.
| BMC 15 Sear #4563 | Ionia, Smyrna AE12. After 280BC. Turreted head of Kybele right / SUMMAXOS, krater surmounted by flaming vessel. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 17 | Ionia, Smyrna AE13. Laureate head of Apollo right / ZMYPNAIWN PARAMONOS, tripod. | Text | Image | |
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| BMC 23 | Ionia, Smyrna Æ 15mm. Circa 115-105 BC. Turreted head of Tyche right / Statue of Aphrodite Stratonikis right, elbow on short column, holding Nike; DHMHTRIOS magistrate. SNGCop 1188. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 61 Sear #4568 | Ionia, Smyrna AE15. ca 190-75 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / ZMYNPNAIWN, two forearms & hands in caestus (boxing gloves), flanked by two laurel branches, magistrates (PU GO. BMC 61v. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 79cf | Ionia, Smyrna Æ 21. ca 150-140 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / SMYPNAIWN, Homer seated left, holding book & resting chin on hand, in left field magistrate’s name -EPSIPPOS. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 91 | Ionia, Smyrna Æ20 mm. 2nd - 1st Century BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / ZMYPNAIWN HRAKLEI, Homer seated left, holding scroll on knees, hand raised to chin; staff behind. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 98 Sear #4571 | Smyrna, Ionia, Æ20. c 100 BC, Laureate head of Apollo right. / IMURNAIWN SHMAGORAS, the poet Homer seated left, holding scroll on his knees, right hand raised to chin, staff behind, monogram to right. SNG Cop 1164. | Text | Obv | Rev |
| BMC 106 | Ionia, Smyrna. Circa 2nd-1st Century BC. Æ 20mm. Laureate head of Apollo right / SMURNAIWN, the poet Homer seated left; magistrates METRODWROS, PASIKRATOU. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 107 | Ionia, Smyrna. Circa 3rd-2nd Century BC. Æ 19mm. Milne Period XIV, type J. Moschos, son of Moschos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / The poet Homer seated left. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 118 Sear #4575 | Ionia, Smyrna. Mithradates VI. 120-63 BC. Æ 24mm. Struck Circa 88-85 BC. Diademed head of Mithradates right / ZMURNAIWN right, ERMOGENHS FRIXOS left, Nike walking right, holding wreath in right hand, palm over left shoulder. SNG Copenhagen 1206, BMC 118. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 137 | Ionia, Smyrna AE19. Time of Domitian, 81-96 AD. ANQU FRONTEINW, head of Herakles right / EPI MYPTOY PEGEINOC, River-god recumbent, arm resting on an urn from which water flows. SNG Cop 1248, RPC I 1014. | Text | Obv | Rev |
| BMC 139 | Ionia, Smyrna Æ 17. Time of Domitian, 81-96 AD. EPI MYPTOY, zebu bull standing right / ZMYP PHGEINOC, Nike advancing right. RPC I 1016. | Text | Image | Text | Obv | Rev |
| BMC 141obv | Ionia, Smyrna Æ14. City Issue, time of Domitian to Trajan. Head of Hercules Hoplophylax right / ZMYPNAIWN, bee with straight wings seen from above. Reverse as obverse of BMC 141 & RPC I 1017. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 165 | Smyrna AE17. Quasi Autonomous issue, after 117 AD. ZEVC AKPAIOC, head of Zeus Akraios right / CMYPNAIWN, eagle standing facing, head right. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 177 | Ionia, Smyrna, AE19. 2nd Century AD. CMVPNA, turreted bust of the Amazon Smyrna left, bipennis over shoulder / CMVPNA, IWN below, lion walking right. SGI 5954. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 227cf | Ionia, Smyrna AE27. Early 3rd Century AD, struck under the Eparchos Pollianus. IEPA CYNKLHTOC, draped & diademed bust of the Senate right / CMYP G NEEPPWLLIANOV, two draped Nemeseis standing facing each another and drawing out fold of drapery at neck; the left one holds reins, the right one holding a rod, wheel at foot. SNGvA 7951. | Text | Image | |
| BMC 233 | Ionia, Smyrna, Civic coinage Æ 20. Time of Gordian to Valerian. .IEPACVNKLHTOC, laureate & draped bust of the Roman Senate right, Countermark on bust (Howgego 791) D in circular punch / CMVPG NEWKORWN, Figure of Tyche holding rudder & cornucopia inside tetrastyle temple. Lindgren 556. | Text | Image | |
| Heyman_T1 | Ionia, Smyrna Æ 20mm. ca 2nd-1st Century BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / SMURNAIWN, the poet Homer seated left; magistrates EPIKRATHS & ERMOKRAS. BMC -. | Text | Image | |
| Milne 2 | Ionia, Smyrna AR Tetradrachm. Circa 155-145 BC. Turreted head of Tyche right / ZMUR-NAIWN, monogram below; all within wreath. BMC 4v, SNG von Aulock 2161. | Text | Image | |
| Milne 3 | Ionia, Smyrna AR Tetradrachm. After 165 BC. Turreted head of Tyche right / ZMYP/NAIWN in two lines & monogram within wreath. BMC 4. | Text | Image | |
| Milne 4 | Ionia, Smyrna AR Tetradrachm. After 165 BC. Turreted head of Tyche right / ZMUR/NAIWN in two lines, monogram (for magistrate Metrodoros) below; all within wreath. SNGvA 2162. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| Milne 5a | Ionia, Smyrna AR Tetradrachm. After 165 BC. Turreted head of Tyche right / ZMYP/NAIWN in two lines, monogram (for magistrate Metrodoros) below; all within wreath. SNG von Aulock 2162. | Text | Image | |
| Milne 27 | Ionia, Smyrna AR Tetradrachm. Circa 155-145 BC. Hermippus, son of Sipylos, magistrate. Turreted head of Tyche right / ZMUR-NAIWN, lion right; ERMIPPOS SIPULOU below; below; all within wreath. BMC 5v. | Text | Image | |
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| Milne 285 | Ionia, Smyrna Æ 20. ca 105-95 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / SMYPNAIWN, Homer seated left, holding book & resting chin on hand, magistrate POLLWNIO -HPIATOR. SNG Kayhan 595, SNG Cop 1155, BMC 100. | Text | Image | |
| Milne 302 | Ionia, Smyrna AE 20. ca 125 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / ZMYPNAIWN ERMOLAOS PARMENION TOS, Homer seated left, scroll on lap, hand on chin. | Text | Obv | Rev |
| Milne 343 | Ionia, Smyrna AE16. ca 85-75 BC. Turreted head of Tyche right / IMYPNAIWN LATIMOS IERWNOS, Aphrodite Stratonikis standing facing, holding Nike above column. SNGCop 1195. | Text | Image | Text | Obv | Rev |
| Milne 362 | Ionia, Smyrna. Circa 75-50 BC. Æ 19mm. Turreted head of Kybele right, within oak wreath / SMYPNAIAW to right of standing statue of Aphrodite Stratonikis, holding scepter & Nike, left elbow resting on a short column; bird in right field, magistrate APOLLWNIOS to left. SNG von Aulock 2170, SNGCop 1226. | Text | Image | |
| SNGCop 1105 | Ionia, Smyrna as Eurydikeia AE20. ca 288-281 BC. Veiled head of Eurydike, daughter of Lysimachos / tripod. | Text | Image | |
| SNGCop 1183cf | Ionia, Smyrna Æ 19mm. Circa 3rd-2nd Century BC, magistrate Pytheos. Turreted head of Tyche right / IMYPNAIWN PYQEOS, Aphrodite standing right, Nike before; magistrate Pytheos. | Text | Image | |
| SNGCop 1279 | Ionia, Smyrna Quasi-Autonomous AE18. Time of Hadrian. ZEVC AKPAIOC, head of Zeus Akraios right / CMYPNAIWN TYXN, Homonoia standing left holding patera & cornucopiae. Obv as BMC 159, rev as BMC 160. | Text | Obv | Rev |
| SNGCop 1291 | Ionia, Smyrna AE17. 2nd Century AD. ZEVC AKPAIOC, head of Zeus right / CMYPNAIW, prow right. SNGvA 2187. | Text | Obv | Rev |
| SNGCop 1293 | Ionia, Smyrna AE18. 2nd Century AD. ZEVC AKPAIOC, head of Zeus Akraios right / CMYRNA-IWN, lion walking right. | Text | Image | |
| SNGCop 1312 | Ionia, Smyrna AE15. Time of Septimius Severus, 193-211 AD. CTPA, bust of Serapis right / ZMYPNAIWN, prow right; shrimp beneath. | Text | Image | |
Augustus - RPC 2466 | Augustus & Livia Æ21 of Ionia, Smyrna. Leontiskos Hippomedontos, magistrate, ca 10 BC. SEBASTWI ZMURNAIWN, jugate heads right of Augustus, laureate and Livia, draped / LEONTISKOS IPPOMEDONTOS, Aphrodite Stratonicis standing facing, holding scepter & Nike, dove in right field. BMC 255, SNG Copenhagen 1334. | Text | Image | Text | Obv | Rev | Text | Image |
Caligula - RPC 2471 | Caligula Æ 22mm of Smyrna, Ionia. Menophanes, Aviola proconsul, ca 37-38 AD. GAION KAICAPA GEPMANIKON EPI AOYIOLA, laureate head right / GEPMANIKON AGPIPPEINA ZMYPNAIWN MHNOFANHC, vis à vis busts of Germanicus, bareheaded, & Agrippina Senior, draped. | Text | Obv | Rev | Text | Image |
- RPC 2472 | Caligula & Drusilla, AE19 of Smyrna, Ionia. GAION KAICAPA GEPMANIKON ERI AOYIOLA Laureate head of Caligula right / DPOYCILLAN ZMYPNAIWN MHNOØANHC Drusilla seated left, holding corn ears and poppies, and scepter. BMC 272; SNG Cop 1344. | Text | Obv | Rev | Text | Obv | Rev | Text | Obv | Rev |
- RPC 2473 | Caligula Æ18 of Smyrna, Ionia. GAION KAICAPA EI AOYOLA, laureate head right / ZMYPNAIWN MHNOFANHC, Nike advancing right, carrying palm & wreath. | Text | Obv | Rev | Text | Obv | Rev |
Britannicus - RPC 2476 | Ionia, Smyrna. 'Britannicus'. Died 55 AD. Æ 17mm. Bare head of Britannicus(?) right / Nike flying right, holding trophy over her left shoulder. | Text | Image | Text | Obv | Rev | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image |
Nero - RPC 2478 | Nero & Agrippina Jr AE19 of Smyrna. NERWNA SEBASTON AGRIPPINANAN SEBASTHN, draped bust of Agrippina facing laureate bust of Nero / AYLOS GESSIOS ZMYNAIWN, Nemesis advancing right, holding out neck of dress, holding caduceus over snake at foot right. | Text | Image | |
- RPC 2479 | Nero & Agrippina Junior Æ 22mm of Smyrna, Ionia. Aulus Gessius Philopatris, strategus, struck 54-59 AD. NERWNA SEBASTON AGRIPPINANAN SEBASTHN, draped bust of Agrippina right vis-à-vis bare head of Nero left / AY GESSIOS FILOPATRIS, Eirene-Nemesis advancing right, holding out fold of dress, & caduceus; serpent at foot before, ZMYP in right field. SNG Cop 1352, SGI 646. | Text | Image | |
- RPC 2480 | Nero AE18 of Smyrna in Ionia. NEPWNA SEBASTON, laureate head right / ZMY in field, AY (monogram) GESSIOS FILOPATRIS, Zeus seated holding scepter. BMC 285. | Text | Obv | Rev |
Titus - RPC 1007 | Titus, as Caesar, Æ24 Diassaria of Ionia, Smyrna. TITOC AYTOKPATWP KAICAP [...], laureate bust right / ITALIKW ANQU EPI IOULIAC AGRWN ZMYP, Herakles standing left, holding out kantharos, holding club and lion's skin. | Text | Image | |
Domitian - RPC 1022 | Domitiain & Domitia AE22 of Smyrna, Ionia. DOMITIANOC KAI CE GEPMANIKOC DOMITIA CEBACTH, laureate head of Domitian facing draped bust of Domitia / EPI DHMOCTPATOY CTPATHGOC, ZMYP, Herakles standing left holding out cantherus and holding club & lion skin. BMC 307. | Text | Image | |
Hadrian - SGI 1167 | Hadrian Æ26 of Ionia, Smyrna. KAI TPA ADPIANOC CE, laureate cuirassed bust right / CTE POMPWNIOU CEXTOV ZMYP, hexastyle temple. SGI 1167. | Text | Obv | Rev |
Antinous - AE36_Blum_3cf | Antinoüs AE36 Uniface Medallion of Smyrna, Ionia. ANTINOOC, ... ANTINOOC Bare head right / blank. | Text | Obv | Rev |
- AE36_Klose_252 | Antinous AE36 of Ionia, Smyrna. Bare head left / POLEMWN ANEQHKE SMURNAIOIS, bull standing right. | Text | Image | |
- SGI 1331 | Antinous AE38 medallion of Smyrna, Ionia. ANTINOOC HPWC, bare head right / POLEMWN ANEQHKE CMVPNAIOIC, bull standing right. | Text | Obv | Rev | Text | Image |
Antoninus Pius - BMC 342v | Antoninus Pius Æ 34mm of Ionia, Smyrna. Theudianus, strategus. Struck circa 147 AD. Laureate head right / QEUDIANOC CTPA AN-EQHKE CMVPNA-IOIC, PELOY across upper field, Hippodamia, veiled, standing right, touching finger to mouth & holding hand of Pelops, nude, standing facing, head left, holding scepter, both in slow biga right. | Text | Image | |
- SNG von Aulock 2213 | Antoninus Pius Æ 34mm. Ionia, Smyrna. AY KAI TI AI ADPI ANTWNЄNOC, laureate head right / QЄVDIANOC CTPAT ANЄQHKЄ CMVPNAIOC, Pelops and Hippodameia in biga right. BMC Ionia 342, SGI 1416 | Text | Image | |
Commodus - SGI 1980 | Commodus AE33 of Ionia, Smyrna. L AVR KOMODOC KAICAR, bare-headed & draped bust right / CTR PO AIL ARIZHL CMYRNA, IWN, Zeus seated, holding Nike & a scepter. | Text | Obv | Rev |
Julia Domna - AE29_lindgren_564 | Ionia, Smyrna. Julia Domna Æ 29. Draped bust right / Roma seated left, holding temple and sceptre; shield at her side. BMC Ionia p. 284, 390. | Text | Image | |
Maximinus I - AE21_Klose_LXVIII-2 | Smyrna. Maximinus & Maximus, Caesar. Æ 21mm. Confronted busts of Maximinus & Maximus / Herakles standing left, holding kantharos, club & lion’s skin. | Text | Image | |
Gordian III - BMC 445 | Gordian III Æ 21mm of Ionia, Smyrna. Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / Herakles standing facing with kantharos, club, & lion's skin headdress. SNG von Aulock 2230. | Text | Image | |
Gallienus - BMC 472 | Gallienus AE22 of Smyrna, Ionia. AVY K P LIK GALLIENOC, laureate, draped bust right / CMYPNAIWN G NEWK EP M AVP CEXCTOC, galley sailing right. SNG Cop 1415. | Text | Image | |
- BMC 470 | Gallienus Æ 26mm of Smyrna in Ionia. AVT K P LIK GALLIHNOC, Laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / CMYPNAIW·G·Three tetrastyle temples, of Tiberius, Roma, & Hadrian, surmounted by wreaths. NEAK·WN/NC_OV below. | Text | Image | |
| See also: | Perseus Project database, coins of Smyrna | |||
| Search for Ionia, Smyrna at CoinArchives.com | ||||
| Entry for Ionia, Smyrna on the Digital Historia Numorum | ||||
| Search for Smyrna in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum | ||||
| Search for Smyrna at AsiaMinorCoins.com | ||||
| Search for Smyrna in the ANS Database | ||||
| Search for Smyrna in the RPC IV (Antonines) database at the Ashmolean Museum | ||||
| Search for Smyrna at AncientImports.com | ||||
| Search for Smyrna at Incitatus Coins | ||||
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