Smyrna, Ionia, AE20, civic issue, 145-125 BC. Magistrate Diogenes.

Laureate head of Apollo right.
ZMYRNAIWN to right, DIOGENHS, vDDE monogram TOY IMhY 
monogram in two lines to left, Homer sitting left, holding scroll.

Milne 183a; Athens 5362A; SNG Cop 1140; Anadolu Museum 1865.288/45; Izmir 33971.


With permission of cngcoins.com, auction 221, Lot 401, Oct. 2009.