Aeolis, Elaea; Herennius Etruscus

Aeolis, Elaea Herennius Etruscus AE29 . 12.2 g. AD 249-251. Magistrate Dorylaos.  draped bust right / emperor standing left by an altar beneath a tree, holding patera and parazonium. Allianoi Hoard G-VIII-b2, o

A titular see of Asia Minor. Elaea, said to have been founded by Menestheus, was situated at a distance of twelve stadia from the mouth of the Caicus, one hundred and twenty stadia from Pergamus. It appears in history about 450 B.C., at the time of the Athenian naval league. It belonged to Alexander, then to the kings of Pergamus, and was the port of the latter. In 190 B.C. it was besieged by Antiochus of Syria, in 156 by Prusias, who ravaged all the country. It was partly destroyed in A.D. 90 by an earthquake. In its Roman period it struck coins.

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