Smyrna in Ionia, 244-249 AD., pseudo-autonomous issue, Æ 24, Klose XIX 003.
Smyrna in Ionia, pseudo-autonomous issue, ca. 244-249 AD.,
Æ 24 (24-25 mm / 5,78 g), coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 180°),
Obv.: IЄPA CVN - KΛHTOC , draped bust of the Roman senate, youthful, facing r.
Rev.: CMVP Γ N - Є - C ЄΠIKTH / TOY , two Nemeseis standing facing each other, left holding bridle, right holding cubit-rule, wheel at feet.
Klose Smyrna XIX 003 ; SNG Tuebingen 3205 .
According to Pausanias 7.5.3 the 'Two Nemeseis of Smyrna'. Alexander the Great founded the new Smyrna, so one Nemesis represents the old city and the other the new city.