AEOLIS, Temnos
AE10. 0.95g, 10mm
MINTED: AEOLIS, Temnos, circa 3rd century BC
REF: SNG Cop 246
OBVERSE: Bearded head of Dionysos left, wreathed with ivy.REVERSE: T-A, Bunch of grapes on vine.
Notes:
Dark blackish green patina with some areas of old corrosion.
An unusually tiny bronze with plentiful detail.
Historical Notes:
The town of Temnos was built on an elevated hillside site near the river Hermos, where it looked out over the neighbouring towns of Kyme and Smyrna. It was heavily damaged by an earthquake during the reign of Tiberius (AD 14-37), and some decades later, Pliny the Elder wrote that it had been completely abandoned.
AEOLIS, Temnos . Circa 3rd Century BC . AE10 . Dionysos / Grapevine
SKU: 4661
S$35.00Price
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