Elaia or Elaea was an ancient city of Aeolis, Asia, the port of Pergamum. It was located near the modern town of Zeytindağ.
According to Strabo, travellers who would reach Pergamum from the sea, would land at Elaea. One of the passages of Livy shows that there was a small hill (tumulus) near Elaea, and that the town was in a plain and walled.
Elaea was damaged by an earthquake in the reign of Trajan, at the same time that Pitane suffered.
According to Strabo, travellers who would reach Pergamum from the sea, would land at Elaea. One of the passages of Livy shows that there was a small hill (tumulus) near Elaea, and that the town was in a plain and walled.
Elaea was damaged by an earthquake in the reign of Trajan, at the same time that Pitane suffered.
Modern location: Zeytindağ, Turkey
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Elaia
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Obverse: Head of Demeter right, grain wreath in hair
Reverse: ΕΛ-ΑΙ-ΤΩ-Ν; long torch within grain wreath
Diameter:
15 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 2.6 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 2.6 g
No notes for this coin
Cf. BMC 127, 20; SNG München 395; SNG Copenhagen 181-5
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Elaia
Obverse: head of Athena left wearing Corinthian helmet
Reverse: grain kernel within olive wreath
Diameter:
9.5 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 1.4 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 1.4 g
No notes for this coin
SNG von Aulock 1605 var. (ethnic)
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