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Ionia, Kolophon (530/25-500 BC) AR Twelfth Stater Coin. Apollo!

Region: Ionia
Mint Place: Kolophon
Period: 530/25-500 BC
Denomination: 1/12th Stater
Condition: Crystalized surfaces, otherwise F-VF
References: Kim & Kroll 1, cf. SNG Kayhan 352 (tetartemorion); cf. SNG von Aulock 1811 (hemiobol). R!
Diameter: 7.5mm
Material: Silver
Weight: 0.76gm

Obverse: Archaic head of Apollo left.

Reverse: Incuse square.

Colophon (Greek ????f??) was a city in the region of Lydia in antiquity dating from about the turn of the first millennium-BC. It was likely one the oldest of the twelve Ionian League cities, between Lebedos (120 stadia to the west) and Ephesus (to its south) and its ruins are in the eponymously named modern region of Ionia.

The city's name comes from the word ????f??, 'summit', which is the origin of the bibliographic term 'colophon', in the metaphorical sense of a 'crowning touch', as it was sited along a ridgeline. The term "colophony" for rosin comes from the term colophonia resina, that is, resin from the pine trees of Colophon, which was highly valued for the strings of musical instruments.

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