Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Turkey 12, 2 - İzmir Museum, Part 2: Roman Provincial Coins

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PREFACE
The 12th volume of the Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum Turkey has been allocated to the İzmir Museum. The modern city of İzmir, ancient Smyrna, is the third largest city of Turkey in western Anatolia. Smyrna was formerly one of the twelve cities in the Aeolis region, which covered a small part of northwest Anatolia, and it later became one of the cities of the Ionia region. Lesbos, Cymeans and Colophonians all had a role in the founding of the city. It is said that the city got its name from an Amazon of the same name. The oldest settlement was on a small peninsula connected to the land by an isthmus. The city was then moved to the slopes of the Pagos Mountain (Kadifekale) during the Hellenistic Period. For this reason, the ruins of the Hellenistic and Roman Imperial periods lie in the Agora district of İzmir. When the Romans formed the province of Asia in 129 BC, Smyrna also became a city of that province. During this period, Smyrna rapidly developed and became a rich city as a re

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