Important Ancient Coins

GREEK IMPERIAL COINAGE, Lesbos, Mytilene, Æ, 3rd cent., ΘΕΟ ΦΑΝΗC, draped bust of Theophanes right, rev. Artemis riding stag to left, 3.24g/7h (BMC 201). Good very fine, rich green patina, very rare
£90-120

Theophanes of Mytilene was an intellectual and historian in about the middle of the first century BC, whose works included the authorship of a biography of Pompey. With his geographical knowledge he helped Pompey in his campaigns against Mithridates. His contributions to his city were so great that he was accorded the honours of a hero, Theos