Larissa Phriconis in Aeolis 400BC Original Ancient Greek Coin Female Bull i49649

Item: i49649

Authentic Ancient

Coin of:

Greek city of
Larissa Phriconis in

Bronze 9mm (0.82 grams) Struck circa 400-300 B.C.

Reference: Weber 5563

Horned, three-quarter facing female head, turned slightly right, in

necklace.

ΛA, bull’s head right.

A strongly fortified town situated south-east of , Larissa

appears to have declined
 in importance after circa 300 B.C.

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Larissa is ancient city in
Asia Minor
near the coast of
Aegean Sea
.

It is near Menemen
and
Gediz
(ancient
Hermos
) river in
İzmir
province of
Turkey
in western
Anatolia
.

Larissa is on a hill by the Buruncuk village.

It is called in the history one of the twelwe
Aeolian
cities. It is also known as one of the
Bronze Age
cities of the
Aegean
region.

Aeolis (Ancient
Greek: Αἰολίς, Aiolís)
or Aeolia (/əˈoʊli.iː/;
Αἰολία, Aiolía) was an area that
comprised the west and northwestern region of
Asia Minor
, 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.

History

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
, and Pergamenes.

Attalus III
, the last king of
Pergamum
, bequeathed Aeolis to 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