Boione in Aiolis 300BC Ancient Greek Coin Female head BULL i49117
Boione in Aiolis 300BC Ancient Greek Coin Female head BULL i49117
Boione in Aiolis 300BC Ancient Greek Coin Female head BULL i49117

Boione in Aiolis 300BC Ancient Greek Coin Female head BULL i49117

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Authentic Ancient Coin of:

Greek city of

Boione in 
Aiolis

Bronze 10mm (0.98 grams) Struck circa 300 B.C.
Reference: Sear 4173; B.M.C. 17.101,1-3

Female head left, wearing earring and necklace.
BOIΩNITI/KON above and below bull standing right.

Site uncertain; possibly in the 
vicinity of Larissa Phrikonis.

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Location of Aeolis within Anatolia
Aeolis or Aeolia or Aiolis was an area that comprised the west 
and northwestern region of
Asia Minorr
, mostly along the coast, and also several offshore islands 
(particularly Lesbos
), where the
Aeolian

Greek
city-states were located. Aeolis incorporated the southern parts of
Mysia
which 
bounded it to the north,
Ionia
to the 
south, and Lydia
 
to the east.

Geography

Aeolis was an ancient district on the western coast of
Asia Minor
. It extended along the
Aegean Sea
 
from the entrance of the
Hellespont
(now the
Dardanelles
) south to the
Hermus River
(now the Gediz River). It was named for the Aeolians, some of 
whom migrated there from
Greece
before 
1000 BC. Aeolis was, however, an ethnological and linguistic enclave rather than 
a geographical unit. The district often was considered part of the larger 
northwest region of Mysia.




Greek settlements in western Asia Minor, Aeolian area in dark red..

According to Homer’s
description,
Odysseus
, 
after his stay with the
Cyclopes
, 
reached the island of
Aeolia
, who provided him with the west wind
Zephyr
.

In early times, by the 8th century BC, the Aeolians’ twelve most important 
cities were independent, and formed a league (Dodecapolis):
Cyme
,
Larissa
(also called
Phriconis
),
Neonteichos
,
Temnus
, Cilla
,
Notion
,
Aegiroessa
,
Pitane
,
Aegae
,
Myrina
, Gryneion
, and Smyrna
.

The most celebrated of the cities was 
Smyrna
(modern
Izmir, Turkey
), but in 699 BC, Smyrna became part of an Ionian confederacy. 
The remaining cities were conquered by
Croesus
, king 
of Lydia
(reigned 
560-546 BC). Later they were held successively by the
Persians
,
Macedonians
,

Seleucids

Attalus III
, the last king of 
Pergamum
, bequeathed Aeolis to 
Aeolian city of Smyrna
Rome in 133 BC. Shortly afterward, it was 
made part of the Roman
province of Asia
. At the partition of the
Roman 
Empire
(395 AD), Aeolis was assigned to the East Roman (Byzantine) empire 
and remained under Byzantine rule until the early 15th century, when the
Ottoman Turks
occupied the area.

Natives of Aeolis

  • Autolycus of Pitane
  • Andriscus
  • Elias Venezis

   

    

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