Magnesia on the Maeander

Kind

city-state

Region

Middle East, Asia

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Photograph: Classical Numismatic Group; Corpus Nummorum (Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities)

ancient coins

Magnesia ad Maeandrum, tetradrachm — Apollo standing to the left on meander (CN type 22975)

c. 150–145 BC

Tetradrachm in silver struck at Magnesia ad Maeandrum, dated c. 150–145 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 22975 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city). Obverse: Bust of Artemis Leukophryene to the right…

Documented

Research required

The Cleveland Museum of Art — Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski

ancient coins

Tetradrachm Coin of Erognetos, Magistrate of Magnesia, Turkey, Ionia, Magnesia on the Maeander, Hellenistic Period, 155–145 BCE

155–145 BCE

The front has a bust of Artemis, a diadem circling her head and a quiver over her shoulder. On the reverse is Apollo Delphios holding a laurel branch, standing on a meander pattern, and leaning his left elbow on a tripod, all within a laurel wreath. Magnesia is located southeast of Ephesus on a tributary of the Mean…

Documented

Partial type record

The Cleveland Museum of Art — Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski

ancient coins

Tetradrachm Coin of Herognetos, Magistrate of Magnesia, Turkey, Ionia, Magnesia on the Maeander, Hellenistic Period, 155–145 BCE (Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011.209.a)

155–145 BCE

Tetradrachm Coin of Herognetos, Magistrate of Magnesia, Turkey, Ionia, Magnesia on the Maeander, Hellenistic Period, 155–145 BCE is an object recorded by Cleveland Museum of Art, dated 155–145 BCE. Museum description: The front has a bust of Artemis, a diadem circling her head and a quiver over her shoulder. On the…

Documented

Partial type record

The Cleveland Museum of Art — Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski

ancient coins

Tetradrachm Coin of Herognetos, Magistrate of Magnesia, Turkey, Ionia, Magnesia on the Maeander, Hellenistic Period, 155–145 BCE (Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011.209)

155–145 BCE

The front has a bust of Artemis, a diadem circling her head and a quiver over her shoulder. On the reverse is Apollo Delphios holding a laurel branch, standing on a meander pattern, and leaning his left elbow on a tripod, all within a laurel wreath. Magnesia is located southeast of Ephesus on a tributary of the Mean…

Documented

Partial type record

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