Ionia, Kolophon (450BC) Sold as one of a set of 2 AR Tertartemorions. ended: 07. Jän. 2010 Sold for US $42,00; ca. EUR 29,73 (for two coins) Seller; coinworldtv, Austria Extremely rare and small early archaic denomination. Mint Place: Kolophon, Ionia Period: 450-410 BC (?525-490 BC?) Denomination: Tetartemorion (1/4 Obol) SNG Copenhagen 133-4. R! 0.21gm; AR 7mm Silver Obverse: Archaic head of Apollo with long hair, facing. Reverse: TE Monogram (for Tertartemorion) within incuse. Colophon (Greek) was a city in the region of Lydia/Ionia 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. References: Milne, ANS NNM 96 (1941), Coinage of Kolophon, 8, SNG Kayhan 356; SNG Copenhagen 133-4 Added, Jan. 2010.