Klazomenai or Clazomenae was one of the 12 cities of ancient Ionia. It is located at the south coast of Smyrna Gulf, Ionia, and a member of the Ionian League. It was one of the first cities to issue s
Coin from Klazomenai depicting a winged boar, 499 BC
Coinage of Klazomenai, Ionia, circa 386-301 BC
Coinage of Achaemenid satrap Tiribazos, 388-380 BC. Klazomenai mint.
Large terracotta sarcophagus with painted scenes from Klazomenai in the British Museum (510-480 BC)
Ionia was an ancient region encompassing the central part of the western coast of Anatolia. It consisted of the northernmost territories of the Ionian League of Greek settlements. Never a unified stat
Klazomenai
…Klazomenai (Ancient Greek: Κλαζομεναί) or Clazomenae was one of the 12 cities of ancient Ionia (the others being Chios, Samos, Phocaea, Erythrae, Teos, Lebedus, Colophon, Ephesus, Priene, Myus, and Miletus). It is located at the south coast of…
Mount Mycale, site of the Panionium
Gorgone with serpent, Ionia, 575-550 BC.
One of the earliest electrum coins struck in Ephesus, 620–600 BC. Obverse: Forepart of stag. Reverse: Square incuse punch.
Ionian soldier of the Achaemenid army, c. 480 BCE.